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Title: ... The artesian waters of northeastern Illinois
Year: 1919 (1910s)
Authors: Anderson, Carl Bernard, 1889-
Subjects: Groundwater
Publisher: Urbana, Ill.
Contributing Library: University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
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one. This generalization regarding the St. Peter does not hold forthe Stock Yards district. In drilling a recent well in this area, the surfacewater was carefully cased off to a depth of 500 feet and very little waterwas encountered until the St. Peter sandstone was reached. The waterthen rose to the general level of the Potsdam water in the Stock Yardsdistrict. This is apparently not the natural static head of the water fromthe St. Peter sandstone, because, as previously mentioned, in drilling deepwells in other parts of the city very little difference is noted between theground-water level and that of the St. Peter water. The surface ground-water holds the water level during drilling at about 50 feet, until a depthof from 1,200 to 1,400 feet is reached, when the level drops to a depthvarying between 150 and 235 feet, depending upon the part of the city inwhich the well is located. These latter figures indicate the head of thePotsdam water. 94 (ETESIAN WATERS OF NORTHEASTERN ILLINOIS
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