The City of Peoria recognized the need to develop a screening-level decision tool
in order to help guide the location of future water supply wells. The tool was
based upon work originally conducted by the U.S. Environmental Protection
Agency (Aller et. al., 1985), National Water Well Association (LeGrand, 1983)
and the University of Idaho (Hill, 1988a,b) and added a more sophisticated
analysis using a Geographic Information System (GIS). This information
included: location and depths of existing water supply wells; the spatially variable
subsurface geology and hydraulic characteristics; the 3-dimensional thickness
and areal extent of the aquifer; and, anticipated location of future growth and
development. Exclusionary criteria were developed that eliminated lands within
the City from further consideration, then demographic criteria were developed,
ranked and weighted in order to provide a way to quantitatively compare the
most suitable areas remaining in and around the City to site water supply wells.
Includes 4 references, tables, figures.
| Edition : | Vol. - No. |
| File Size : | 1
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| Note : | This product is unavailable in Ukraine, Russia, Belarus |
| Number of Pages : | 7 |
| Published : | 06/17/2005 |
