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Identifier: undergroundwater00nort (find matches)
Title: Underground water resources of Iowa
Year: 1912 (1910s)
Authors: Norton, William Harmon, b. 1856 Hendrixson, Walter Scott, 1859- (from old catalog) joint author Simpson, Howard E. (Howard Edwin), 1874-1938, joint author Meinzer, Oscar Edward, 1876- (from old catalog) joint author Iowa. Geological survey. (from old catalog)
Subjects: Water-supply
Publisher: Washington, Govt. print. off.
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
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e depletion of the upper beds. Fortunatelythe water of these Cambrian strata at Clinton is of exceptionallygood quality and no fear need be felt that it will be salty or highlymineralized. To reach the first sandstone beneath the Dresbach itis necessary to go about 1,650 feet below the level of the Clintonplain. The second sandstone, whose summit is reached at about1,700 feet, contains two water beds, one within the upper 100 feet,the other between 1,400 and 2,100 feet from the surface. As theoverdraft, which has already brought the artesian head down toapproximately the surface of the ground, increases, the higher ter-ranes may in time be largely exhausted and the Dresbach and earlierCambrian sandstones become the chief dependence for artesianwater. Waterworks well No. 1 has a depth of 1,400 feet and a diameter of5 to 8 inches; casing, 135 feet, packed at base with rubber and lead.The curb is 588 feet above sea level. The original head was 44 feet Jordan J St. Lawrence formation Ores
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L CLINTON COUNTY. 383 above the curb and the head in 1896 was 35 feet above the curb. Theoriginal discharge was 500,000 gallons a day. Temperature, 64° F.The well was completed in 1886 by J. P. Miller & Co., of Chicago. Waterworks well No. 2 has a depth of 1,246 feet and a diameter of5 inches. The curb is 588 feet above sea level and the original head,44 feet above the curb. The original discharge was 500,000 gallonsa day. Temperature, 64° F. The well was completed in 1886 byJ. P. Miller & Co., of Chicago. Waterworks well No. 3 has a depth of 1,685 feet and a diameter of8 inches to 1,200 feet and 6 inches to bottom; casing, to 135 feet,packed with lead. The curb is 588 feet above sea level. The originalhead was 44 feet above the curb and the original discharge 600 gallonsa minute, measured on a weir. The first flow was from 335 feet;continuous flow from 1,050 feet; from 625 to 725 feet, 150 gallons aminute, 8-inch bore; from 1,025 to 1,150 feet, 400 gallons a minute,8-inch b

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