South Atlantic Water Science Center
South Atlantic Water Science Center
Full Title
Piedmont-Mountains Groundwater
Location
Iredell, Wake, Rockingham, Buncombe, Macon, Randolph, Orange and Watauga counties
Cooperating Agencies
North Carolina Department of Environmental and Natural Resources Division of Water Quality Aquifer Protection Section
Project Chief
Melinda Chapman
mjchap@usgs.gov
Period of Project
1999-2011
Team Members
Brad Huffman
Kristen McSwain
Steve Harden
This project was completed in 2012. These pages are for historical purposes only.
Related reports
Chapman, M.J., Bolich, R.E., and Huffman, B.A., 2005, Hydrogeologic setting, ground-water flow, and ground-water quality at the Lake Wheeler Road research station, 2001–03, North Carolina Piedmont and Mountains Resource Evaluation Program: U.S. Geological Survey Scientific Investigations Report 2005–5166, 85 p.
Chapman, M.J., Schlegel, Melissa, Huffman, B.A., and McSwain, K.B., 2007, Hydraulic gradients in recharge and discharge areas and apparent ground-water age dates from the characterization of multiple regolith-fractured bedrock ground-water research stations in North Carolina, in Proceedings of the 2007 Georgia Water Resources Conference, March 27-29, 2007, Athens, Georgia, 4 p.
Daniel, C.C., III, and Dahlen, P.R., 2002, Preliminary hydrogeologic assessment and study plan for a regional ground-water resource investigation of the Blue Ridge and Piedmont Provinces of North Carolina: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources Investigations 02-4105, 60 p.
Huffman, B.A., Pfeifle, C.A., Chapman, M.J., Bolich, R.E., Campbell, T.R., Geddes, D.J., Jr., and Pippin, C.G., 2006, Compilation of water-resources data and hydrogeologic setting for four research stations in the Piedmont and Blue Ridge Physiographic Provinces of North Carolina, 2000—2004: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 2006-1168, 102 p.
Pippin, C.G., Chapman, M.J., Huffman, B.A., Heller, M.J., and Schelgel, M.E., 2008, Hydrogeologic setting, ground-water flow, and ground-water quality at the Langtree Peninsula research station, Iredell County, North Carolina, 2000-2005: U.S. Geological Survey Scientific Investigations Report 2008-5055, 89 p.
North Carolina Water Science Center Annual Data Reports
All groundwater-level and water-quality sampling data collected during this investigation will be published in the U.S. Geologcial Survey Annual Data Report for North Carolina