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Relationship Of Surrounding Geology To Well Recovery Properties For Selected Cedarville University Water Supply Wells, Kaitlyn Sturm

The Research and Scholarship Symposium (2013-2019)

This study was conducted to ascertain the relationship between geology and recovery rates of three selected Cedarville University water supply wells. In order to determine the recovery rates, the three selected wells were individually pumped down and then water level measurements were taken as the water levels rose in the well bore. The collected field data was analyzed and compared to the drillers’ well logs from when the wells were originally drilled. The geologic conditions that were examined for the area immediately surrounding the wells included: bedrock lithology, glacial drift characteristics (type and thickness), ground-surface topography, and bedrock topography. The …