Estimate of ground water in storage in the Great Lakes basin, United States, 2006

Coon, William F.; Sheets, Rodney A.

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“…Our analysis of five wells completed in Silurian‐Devonian aquifers resulted in S s ranging from 1.2 × 10 −7 to 4.2 × 10 −7 /m, lower than the range given by Coon and Sheets (2006). Porosities from this analysis ranged from 1% to 13%; Coon and Sheets (2006) did not report η for the Silurian‐Devonian aquifer systems but reported specific yields between 0.01 and 0.05 in Illinois and Ohio.…”

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“…Assuming a confined aquifer, one can calculate S s by dividing the storage coefficient by the aquifer thickness. Coon and Sheets (2006) used storage coefficients ranging from 3.0 × 10 −4 to 2.1 × 10 −4 and average aquifer thicknesses from 30 to 320 m (Coon and Sheets 2006, Table 2) to estimate the amount of groundwater stored in the Cambrian‐Ordovician aquifer system. Simple calculations determine S s to be in the range of 6.6 × 10 −7 to 7.0 × 10 −6 /m.…”

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“…Simple calculations determine S s to be in the range of 6.6 × 10 −7 to 7.0 × 10 −6 /m. The earth‐tide analysis of three wells completed in Cambrian‐Ordovician rocks produced S s values ranging from 1.1 × 10 −7 to 9.2 × 10 −7 /m, on the lower end of what Coon and Sheets (2006) used to determine groundwater storage. Porosity ranged from 3% to 16% in this analysis, and Coon and Sheets (2006) report that the average η for Cambrian‐Ordovician rocks in the western Great Lakes Basin is 15.2%.…”

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“…The principal aquifers within the Great Lakes Region of the United States are described by Coon and Sheets (2006) (Figure 1). The hydrostratigraphic units range from bedrock units, such as the Cambrian‐Ordovician aquifer system on the western edge of the region, to the New York and New England carbonate‐rock aquifers in central New York, to the glacial aquifers that drape over the bedrock units nearly everywhere in the region.…”

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Using Existing Data to Estimate Aquifer Properties, Great Lakes Region, USA

Darner

Sheets

2011

Groundwater

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To determine specific storage and porosity, areally limited and time-consuming aquifer tests are frequently done. Hydrogeologic studies often do not have the resources to collect such data and rely on existing data sources for aquifer properties. An alternative tool for determining these aquifer properties is the analysis of earth tides. The objective of this study was to determine whether existing water-level and barometric-pressure data could be used to determine aquifer properties, such as porosity and specific storage, on a regional scale. In this study, national databases from the Great Lakes Region were queried for continuous records of groundwater-level and barometric-pressure data. Records from 37 selected wells were then analyzed for barometric efficiency and earth-tide responses. Specific-storage (S(s) ) and porosity values were determined, and the quality of the results were assessed with a measure of the "goodness of fit" (percent variance) of reconstruction of the response. Records from wells completed in several aquifer systems were analyzed with varying degrees of success. Aquifer S(s) values ranging from 5.9 × 10(-8) to 3.8 × 10(-6) /m were derived, with percent variance of reconstruction ranging from 1% to 78%. Comparisons with aquifer and laboratory testing of S(s) and porosity are favorable if the percent variance of reconstruction is above about 30%. Although the earth-tide-analysis method is not suitable for every situation, the S(s) and porosity of aquifers can, in many places, be estimated with existing water-level and barometric-pressure data or with data that are relatively inexpensive to collect.

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Using Existing Data to Estimate Aquifer Properties, Great Lakes Region, USA

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2011

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“…Although many assessments provide estimates for the potential yield of these aquifers, possibly a better aquifer characteristic in terms of production, few address saline groundwater in terms of total volumes. Some such work had been conducted for several basins in New Mexico (Kelly, 1974; South Central Mountain RC&D Council, Inc., 2002) and Texas (LBG‐Guyton Associates, 2003), in the Great Lakes Basin (Coon and Sheets, 2006), and in the state of Arizona (Androwski, 2009). Localized assessments such as these are critical for local decision making, especially in areas where regional aquifers do not exist.…”

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Wind-Powered Desalination: An Estimate of Saline Groundwater in the United States1

Androwski

Springer

Acker

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James Androwski, Abraham Springer, Thomas Acker, and Mark Manone, 2011. Wind‐Powered Desalination: An Estimate of Saline Groundwater in the United States. Journal of the American Water Resources Association (JAWRA) 47(1):93‐102. DOI: 10.1111/j.1752‐1688.2010.00493.x Abstract: Increasing scarcity of freshwater resources in many regions of the world is leading water resource managers to consider desalination as a potential alternative to traditional freshwater supplies. Desalination technologies are energy intensive and expensive to implement making desalination using renewable energy resources a potentially attractive option. Unfortunately, saline groundwater resources are not well characterized for many regions hindering consideration of such technologies. In this assessment, we estimate the saline groundwater resources of the principal aquifers of the United States using a geographic information system and correlate these resources to wind resources potentially sufficient to supply the energy demand of desalination equipment. We estimate that 3.1 × 1014 m3 saline groundwater, total volume, are contained in 28 of the country’s principal aquifers known to contain saline groundwater. Of this volume, 1.4 × 1014 m3 saline groundwater are co‐located with wind resources sufficient for electrical generation to desalinate groundwater.

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