Resource Management Plan for the Oak Ridge Reservation. Volume 19. Synoptic Inventory of Groundwater Wells and Databases for the Oak Ridge Reservation

摘要

Personal communications with groundwater investigators and results from a well information questionnaire show that approximately 1400 wells divided into 5 main functional locations can be accounted for. The data do not include all the wells on the ORR, for even a casual inspection of waste sites shows deteriorated corrugated iron well casings that were probably abandoned years ago. Information on groundwater levels, flowpaths, and spatial and temporal trends in water quality on an ORR-wide basis is fragmented among diverse reports, studies, projects, and databases. There is no comprehensive picture of ORR groundwater quality or of the geological and geochemical factors that determine groundwater movement and quality. This report identifies three levels of databases: (1) well inventory systems containing basic parameters such as well coordinates using the administrative grid, local coordinates, data of construction, general purpose, common label (name), and alternative labels; (2) well information systems containing static parameters such as construction parameters, geophysical and core logs, elevation, and (perhaps) nominal water quality data; and (3) advanced, centralized database systems containing dynamic parameters such as water quality measurements and water levels and special-purpose software for statistical analysis and report generation. (ERA citation 11:048732)