Ground-water supply for the Dare Beaches Sanitary District
Kimrey JO. 1961. Ground-water supply for the Dare Beaches Sanitary District. Report of Investigations No. 3. North Carolina Department of Water and Air Resources, Division of Ground Water. Raleigh, North Carolina
In 1958 the Dare Beaches Sanitary District through its Chairman requested the aid of the North Carolina Department of Conservation and Development in obtaining an evaluation of the ground-water resources of the district, which is on Bodie Island, Dare County, N. C. In response to this request the North Carolina Department of Conservation and Development arranged for the U. S. Geological Survey to undertake the evaluation of the ground-water resources of the area as part of the cooperative program between the two agencies. The Dare Beaches Sanitary District was created by the State Board of Health in 1949 under authority of Chapter 100, Public Laws of 1927, and later amendments. In 1955, authorities of the Sanitary District became interested in developing a central water-supply system to replace individual supply systems. Existing supplies, principally obtained from shallow well points, were becoming inadequate to meet the increased need for water brought on by the population growth in the area. Shallow-well supplies along the beach developments were subject to pollution from waste disposal systems, owing to the large number of these systems in crowded areas. In addition, excessive withdrawal of ground water anywhere in the district might result in salt-water encroachment because of the nearness of salt water in the ocean and the sounds. Field work for the investigation was done during the final months of 1958. Test wells were drilled with a power auger at selected locations to determine the extent of the lithologic units and the depth to salt water. Analysis of data collected during preliminary drilling determined the areas where additional drilling would delineate the fresh-water bodies.
- Type
- Published Report
- Authors
- Kimrey, Joel
- Date of Issue
- 1961
- Publisher
- North Carolina Department of Water and Air Resources, Division of Ground Water
- Units
- CAHA , WRBR , WRD
- Keywords
- Aquifers, Clemson, Contamination, Dare Beaches Sanitary District, Drainage, Geology, Ground Water, Infiltration-gallery supplies, North Carolina, Precipitation, Pumping Test, Saline, Salt Water Intrusion, supply systems, Water Quality, Water Use, WRBIB