Ground-water age dating in community wells in Oswego County, New York

Komor, Stephen C.

doi:10.3133/ofr2001232

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“…When the age-dating results are reported, the supporting dissolved gas data (including methane) are sometimes included. Methane data from such previous age-dating studies (Komor, 2002;Yager and others, 2007) have been compiled for this report.…”

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Dissolved methane in New York groundwater, 1999-2011

Kappel¹,

Nystrom²

2012

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Dissolved methane in New York groundwater, 1999-2011

Kappel¹,

Nystrom²

2012

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“…The age of ground water can be used to estimate recharge rates and refine hydrologic models of ground-water-flow systems. The ages of ground water from 28 wells in Oswego County were evaluated in 1999 (Komor, 2002) by examining the ratios of the stable isotopes Oxygen-18 ( 18 O) and Deuterium ( 2 H) and by using geochemical age-dating techniques that measure concentrations of chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs) and tritium. These data indicate that at two well sites (Villages of Sandy Creek and Lacona, and the Village of Pulaski) ( fig.…”

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“…1) water withdrawn from a shallow, unconfined aquifer (typically 20-50 ft thick) travels from recharge areas to wells in less than 25 years. However, ground-water traveltimes that were estimated from numerical ground-water-flow models by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) (Zarriello, 1993) in the Sandy Creek/Lacona area and by Malcolm Pirnie, Inc., (2000) in the Village of Pulaski area, showed discrepancies compared to traveltimes determined by chemical data (Komor, 2002).…”

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Hydrogeology of Two Areas of the Tug Hill Glacial-Drift Aquifer, Oswego County, New York

Miller¹,

Bugliosi²,

Hetcher-Aguila³

et al. 2007

Scientific Investigations Report

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Two water-production systems, one for the Village of Pulaski and the other for the Villages of Sandy Creek and Lacona in Oswego County, New York, withdraw water from the Tug Hill glacial-drift aquifer, a regional sand and gravel aquifer along the western flank of the Tug Hill Plateau, and provide the sole source of water for these villages. As a result of concerns about contamination of the aquifer, two studies were conducted during 2001 to 2004, one for each waterproduction system, to refine the understanding of groundwater flow surrounding these water-production systems. Also, these studies were conducted to determine the cause of the discrepancy between groundwater ages estimated from previously constructed numerical groundwater flow models for the Pulaski and Sandy Creek/Lacona well fields and the apparent groundwater ages determined using concentrations of tritium and chlorofluorocarbons.

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“…In addition, historical as well as contemporary land uses need to be evaluated when considering groundwater contaminant transport into the lake. Some interesting recent age-dating, using chlorofluorocarbons, of groundwater from wells in the northern watershed also suggests that some of the groundwater entering Oneida Lake may be several decades old (Komor, 2001).…”

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