Ground water for Louisiana's public supplies
by J. L. Snider, M. D. Winner, Jr. [and] J. B. Epstein.

Description

Main Author

Snider, J. L. (John L.)

Related Names

Louisiana. Department of Public Works

Language(s)

English

Published

Baton Rouge, Louisiana Dept. of Public Works, 1962.

Subjects

Water > Water / Composition
Water-supply > Water-supply / Louisiana.
Groundwater > Groundwater / Louisiana

Summary

This report contains ground-water data from 200 public-supply facilities in Louisiana. A summary for each system gives the following information: source of supply, population served, daily pumpage, chemical analysis of the water, driller's log or sand intervals shown on electrical log, and construction data of all public-supply wells. The 200 facilities, which serve a population of slightly more than a million, pumped an average of 94 mgd (million gallons per day) in 1959, or about 90 gpd (gallons per day) per person. The major water-bearing units are the Chicot aquifer of Pleistocene age, sands of Pliocene (?) age, sands of Miocene age, and the Sparta Sand of Eocene age.

Note

At head of title: State of Louisiana Department of Public Works in cooperation with the United States Geological Survey.

Physical Description

ix, 267 p. and portfolio (fold, map, table (53 p.) 23 cm.

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