FLOW IN A LIMESTONE AQUIFER AS DETERMINED FROM WATER TRACING AND WATER LEVELS IN WELLS

Flow in groundwater basis is in a dendritic system of solution conduits at depths as great as 35m beneath the surface which often passes beneath surface divides to emerge at low-level springs, in contrast to interbasin areas in which the flow is shallow and generally parallels surface slopes. The availability of relatively dense water-level data in an area in which a number of water traces had been conducted allowed a comparison between the configuration of the potentiometric surface and water tracing data. The potentiometric surface map was generally consistent with the location of groundwater basins and interbasin areas. In addition, water levels near streams were found to be controlled by the stream and a few wells indicated perched aquifers. Refs.