Ground-water resources of Saipan, Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands
Carruth RL, USGS, Commonwealth Utilities Corporation, CNMI. 2003. Ground-water resources of Saipan, Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands. United States Geological Survey. Reston, VA. U.S. Geological Survey water-resources investigations report 03-4178
This report presents some of the results of the program including descriptions of (1) the geography and geology, (2) the occurrence of fresh ground water in permeable limestones that extend to some distance below sea level where water-level elevation is affected by ocean tides (coastal aquifers) and in limestones that overlie volcanic basement rocks above sea level (high-level aquifers), (3) the water-table configuration and directions of ground-water flow, and (4) the rainfall, ground-water withdrawal, and chloride concentrations in well water. Also described is the relation of the changes in water-table elevations to changes in sea level, rainfall, and ground-water withdrawal.
- Type
- Map
- Authors
- Carruth, Robert; USGS; Commonwealth Utilities Corporation, CNMI
- Date of Issue
- 2003
- Publisher
- United States Geological Survey
- Units
- AMME
- Keywords
- geological features, Ground Water, Hydrogeology, Limestone, Permeability, Saipan, volcanic bedrock, waste dump sites, Water Table