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Groundwater quality in the Eastern Lake Ontario Basin of New York, 2008

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2010

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Risen, Amy J., and Reddy, James E., 2010, Groundwater quality in the Eastern Lake Ontario Basin of New York, 2008: .

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Water samples were collected from nine production wells and nine private residential wells in the Eastern Lake Ontario Basin of New York from August through October 2008 and analyzed to characterize the chemical quality of groundwater. The wells were selected to provide adequate spatial coverage of the 3,225-square-mile study area; areas of greatest groundwater use were emphasized. Eight of the 18 wells sampled, were screened in sand and gravel aquifers, and 10 were finished in bedrock aquifers. The samples were collected and processed by standard U.S. Geological Survey procedures and were analyzed for 223 physical properties and constituents, including major ions, nutrients, trace elements, radon-222, pesticides, volatile organic [...]

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  • National and Regional Climate Adaptation Science Centers
  • Northeast CASC

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