Feasibility of Increasing Water Supplies and Preventing Environmental Damage by Artificial Recharge in Massachusetts

摘要

Successively more detailed first, second and third-level approximation methods show that artificial recharge (AR) is a viable, cost effective and environmentally advantageous method for many localities in Massachusetts. First-level approximation (overview) methods indicate highly or potentially favorable AR conditions adjacent to 52.8% of the 650 municipal wells which occur in 126 (or 38.3%) of 329 state towns. Furthermore, 41.6% of the towns now without municipal wells could have future AR potential if groundwater supplies are developed. The second-level approximation method, a basin-wide study of the Ipswich Basin, showed favorable AR conditions in the towns of Danvers, Middleton, and Ipswich.