Ground-water resources of the Alabama River Basin in Alabama; Subarea 8 of the Apalachicola-Chattahoochee-Flint and Alabama-Coosa-Tallapoosa River Basins

Abstract

Introduction 2 Purpose and scope 4 Physical setting of study area 4 Physiography 4 Climate 4 Ground-water use 6 Previous investigations 6 Well and surface-water station numbering systems 7 Approach and methods of study 7 Mean-annual baseflow analysis 8 Drought-flow analysis 10 Conceptual model of ground-water flow and stream-aquifer relations 11 Hydrologic setting 12 Ground-water system 12 Geology 13 Hydrogeology 13 Ground-water levels 19 Surface-water system 21 Ground-water discharge to streams 24 Mean-annual baseflow 24 Drought flow for 1941, 1954, and 1986 28 Ground-water utilization and general development potential 41 Summary 42 Suggestions for further study 43 Selected references 44 in VI GLOSSARY 7Q2 Minimum average stream discharge for 7 consecutive days for a 2-year recurrence interval. Alluvium Sediment transported and deposited by flowing water.

The Role of Water Doctrines in Enhancing Opportunities for Sustainable Agriculture in Alabama1

“…Further, there is significant opportunity for the development of ground‐water resources in the south of the state. Estimated ground‐water use in 1990 was <1% of the estimated mean‐annual base flow, and about 2.4% of base flow near the end of the droughts of 1941, 1954, and 1986 (Kidd et al. , 1997).…”