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Groundwater Planning Unit :: Groundwater Studies


APS Guidelines for Collaborative Groundwater Studies (pdf)

Archived Groundwater Section Publications - Click here

Arsenic Studies - Click here

CAFO / Animal Waste studies

Impact of Animal Waste Lagoons on Groundwater Quality (Click here)


Impact of Animal Waste Lagoons on Groundwater Quality: An update on Data collected from Mar. 1998 through Nov. 1999 (pdf)

USGS publications related to CAFOs in the NC Coastal Plain (Click here)

Coastal Plain Studies

Southern Coastal Plain Groundwater Assessment (pdf)

Stratigraphic Controls on Water Table Variation in a Barrier Island Setting, Hatteras Island, North Carolina.  Anderson, et al.  Paper presented at the 2005 AAPG Annual Convention (Click here)

General Hydrogeology

A Master Conceptual Model for Hydrogeological Site Characterization in the Piedmont and Mountain Region of North Carolina.  LeGrand, 2004   (pdf)

Cost Effective Strategies to Estimate Mean Water Table Depth.  Mew, et al, 1997 (pdf)

Groundwater Recharge in North Carolina.  Heath, 1994 (pdf)

Introduction to the North Carolina Groundwater Recharge Map.  Haven, 2003.  Groundwater Circular 19 (pdf)

Methodology for Compiling Ground Water Recharge Maps in the Piedmont and Coastal Plain Provinces of North Carolina (pdf)

GIS Projects - Click here

Groundwater Resource Evaluation Program - Click here

Groundwater - Surface Water Interaction - Click here

Nitrate Studies

Nitrate-Nitrogen Concentrations in Shallow Ground Water of the Coastal Plain of the Albemarle-Pamlico Drainage Study Unit, North Carolina and Virginia.  Spruill, et al, 1996 (pdf)

Pesticide Studies

The Interagency Study of the Impact of Pesticide Use on Groundwater in North Carolina.  (Click here)

Piedmont & Mountains Groundwater Resource Evaluation Program - Publications

Radionuclides Studies - Click here

US Geological Survey Publications related to North Carolina (Click here)