U.S. Geological Survey Report Released: Preliminary assessment of water chemistry related to groundwater flooding in Wawarsing, New York, 2009-11

 

Today the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) released a report, titled Preliminary assessment of water chemistry related to groundwater flooding in Wawarsing, New York, 2009-11, USGS Sci. Investgn. Rep.: 2012-5144.  This 50 page report available here, which was authored in conjunction with the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation, was designed to assess

[w]ater-quality samples collected in an area prone to groundwater flooding in Wawarsing, New York, were analyzed and assessed to better understand the hydrologic system and to aid in the assessment of contributing water sources. Above average rainfall over the past decade, and the presence of a pressurized water tunnel that passes about 700 feet beneath Wawarsing, could both contribute to groundwater flooding. Water samples were collected from surface-water bodies, springs, and wells and analyzed for major and trace inorganic constituents, dissolved gases, age tracers, and stable isotopes.