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Occurrence and pathways of human viruses in deep municipal wells: Dane County, Wisconsin
Map of Wisconsin showing location of Dane countyDescription: Investigation of viruses and their pathways in county municipal wells
Anticipated products: Report; journal article
Contact: Kenneth R. Bradbury

Hydrogeology of Dane County, Wisconsin
Map of Wisconsin showing location of Dane countyDescription: Investigation of county hydrogeology
Anticipated product: Descriptive report on groundwater
Completed product: WGNHS Open-File Report 1999-04. Hydrogeology of Dane County, Wisconsin
Contact: Kenneth R. Bradbury

Effects of unsewered subdivisions on groundwater: Dane County, Wisconsin
Map of Wisconsin showing location of Dane countyDescription: Monitoring the impact of unsewered subdivision on groundwater quality
Anticipated products: Reports; journal articles
Contact: Kenneth R. Bradbury

Groundwater budget for Dunes Lake: Door County, Wisconsin
Map of Wisconsin showing location of Door CountyDescription: Construction of a groundwater and nutrient budget for Dunes Lake, an undeveloped, ecologically sensitive in Door County.
Anticipated products: Report; thesis, journal article
Contact: Kenneth R. Bradbury

Investigation of groundwater movement through thick clayey lake sediment: Outagamie County, Wisconsin
Map of Wisconsin showing location of Outagamie CountyDescription: Determination of the movement of groundwater through clayey lake sediment
Anticipated product: Report
Contact: David J. Hart

Monitoring water-level recovery of deep wells following construction of a water-supply pipeline to Lake Michigan: Brown and Outagamie Counties, Wisconsin
Wisconsin map showing location of Brown and Outagamie CountiesDescription: Groundwater-level monitoring in Brown and Outagamie Counties
Anticipated product: Report
Contact: David J. Hart

Geophysical methods for detection of septic effluent: Portage and Dane Counties, Wisconsin
Wisconsin map showing location of Portage and Dane CountiesDescription: Detecting septic effluent in groundwater using geophysical means
Anticipated product: Report
Contact: David J. Hart

Fox River valley arsenic project: Winnebago and Outagamie Counties, Wisconsin
Map of Wisconsin showing location of Outagamie and Winnebago countiesDescription: Description of the nature and distribution of the occurrence of arsenic in groundwater
Anticipated product: Report
Completed product: WGNHS Open-File Report 2003-01: Geologic and geochemical controls on arsenic in groundwater in northeastern Wisconsin: Final report. WGNHS Open-File Report 2007-07: Mineral transformation and release of arsenic to solution under the oxidizing conditions of well disinfection.
Contact: Madeline B. Gotkowitz

Groundwater flooding and evaluation of climate change on water table elevation in Spring Green: Iowa County, Wisconsin
Map of Wisconsin showing location of Iowa countyDescription: Investigation of the interrelations of climate, climate change, and water table fluctuations in the Spring Green area
Anticipated product: Report, thesis, journal article
Contact: Madeline B. Gotkowitz

Development of a groundwater flow model in the vicinity of Geneva Lake: Walworth County, Wisconsin
Map of Wisconsin showing location of Walworth CountyDescription: Creation of groundwater flow model for part of Walworth County
Anticipated product: Report
Contact: Madeline B. Gotkowitz

Groundwater resources of Iowa County, Wisconsin
Map of Wisconsin showing location of Iowa countyDescription: Investigation of the nature and distribution of groundwater resources
Anticipated product: Report, groundwater flow model
Contact: Madeline B. Gotkowitz

Groundwater quality inventory: Chippewa County, Wisconsin
Map of Wisconsin showing location of Iowa countyDescription: Investigation of the nature and distribution of groundwater resources
Anticipated product: Report
Contact: Frederick W. Madison

Groundwater resources of Columbia County, Wisconsin
Map of Wisconsin showing location of Columbia CountyDescription: Development of a county groundwater study for Columbia County
Anticipated product: Report, water-table map, possible groundwater flow model
Contact: Madeline B. Gotkowitz

Groundwater susceptibility of the Town of Byron, Fond du Lac County, Wisconsin
Map of Wisconsin showing location of Iowa countyDescription: Investigation of the groundwater flow and susceptibility to contamination in the Town of Byron
Anticipated product: Water table map, susceptibility map, report
Contact: Kenneth R. Bradbury

Regional

Hydrogeology of southeastern Wisconsin: Kenosha, Milwaukee, Ozaukee, Racine, Walworth, Waukesha, and Washington Counties
Map of Wisconsin showing location of counties in the Southeast Wisconsin Regional Planning CommissionDescription: Investigation of hydrogeology of the Southeast Wisconsin Regional Planning Commission area
Anticipated products: Computer model of groundwater flow system; reports
Completed product: WGNHS Open-File Report 1999-02: Characterization of the hydrostratigraphy of the deep sandstone aquifer in southeastern Wisconsin. WGNHS Open-File Report 2001-04: Verification and characterization of a fracture network within the Maquoketa Shale confining unit, southeastern Wisconsin. WGNHS Open-File Report 2004-01: Simulation of regional groundwater flow in southeastern Wisconsin. WGNHS Open-File Report 2006-05: Groundwater flow model for the City of West Bend, Washington County, Wisconsin: Report to the City of West Bend, Wisconsin.
Contact: Kenneth R. Bradbury

Statewide
Groundwater Level Observation Network, Wisconsin
Description: Monitoring the elevation of groundwater in selected wells
Anticipated product: Database of current and historical water-levels
http://wi.water.usgs.gov/public/gw
Contact: Peter M. Chase

Techniques of aquitard evaluation
Description: Investigation of hydrologic properties of aquitards and the best techniques for studying them
Anticipated products: Reports; journal articles
Completed product: WGNHS Open-File Report 2008-03. Mechanisms of groundwater flow across the Maquoketa Formation.
Contact: Kenneth R. Bradbury

Hydrogeology of fractured rocks and karst in Wisconsin
Description: Ongoing investigations of groundwater movement through fractured rocks and karst at sites around the state
Anticipated products: Reports; journal articles
Completed products: WGNHS Open-File Report 1992-2: Hydrogeology and groundwater monitoring of fractured dolomite in the upper Door priority watershed, Door County, Wisconsin. 1993-6: Preliminary comparison of a discrete fracture model with a continuum model for groundwater movement in fractured dolomite. WGNHS Open-File Report 2001-04: Verification and characterization of a fracture network within the Maquoketa shale confining unit, southeastern Wisconsin.
Contact: Kenneth R. Bradbury

 

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