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Table 4

Table 4--Chemical analyses of water from selected wells, test holes, and springs. [Dissolved consitutents and hardness in milligrams per liter. (1)]

Well
number		 Depth
(feet)		 Geologic
source		 Date of
collection		 Temperature
(deg. C)		 Dissolved solids
(evaporated at 180 deg. C)		 Silica
(SiO2)		 Iron
(Fe)		 Manganese
(Mn)		 Calcium
(Ca)		 Magnesium
(Mg)		 Sodium and
potassium (Na+K)		 Bicarbonate
(HCO3)		 Sulfate
(SO4)		 Chloride
(Cl)		 Fluoride
(F)		 Nitrate
(4) (NO3)		 Hardness
as CaCO3		 Specific conductance
(micromhos at 25 deg. C)		 pH
Total Noncarbonate
11-23E-28dcc 55 Alluvium 6/27/44 16 489   16   140 14 18 425 72 14 0.2 2.4 407 59    
11-23E-33abb 55 Alluvium 6/28/44 16 408   12   108 13 24 368 51 14 0.2 1.5 323 21    
11-23E-33abc 52 Alluvium 6/29/44 14 442   25   127 11 14 377 62 12 0.2 1.8 362 53    
11-23E-33acb 56 Alluvium 7/1/44 13 436   10   129 13 8.3 337 91 15 0.1 1.5 376 100    
11-23E-33acc 51 Alluvium 7/1/44 15 365   10   102 14 6.7 265 82 16 0.1 1.3 312 94    
11-23E-33caa 41 Alluvium 7/3/44 16 413   4.2   128 14 3.2 348 73 15 0.1 1.5 377 91    
12-21E-36ccc 236 Chanute Sh 6/9/55   5,090 8.5 0.16   31 21 1,950 625 24 2,730 6 9.7 164 0    
12-22E-23cad 33 Alluvium 2/1/53   553 36 0.08   145 13 10 314 65 14 0.3 115 416 158    
12-22E-25cdb 40 Newman terrace deposits 10/1/52       0.4 0           56   80 568      
12-22E-26add 37 Alluvium 8/19/62       4.7 0.49 195 23     72 15 0.2 0.7 581     7.7
12-22E-26bda 17 Alluvium 10/1/52       1.2 0           22   11 412      
12-22E-28abc1 46 Alluvium 11/15/57       8 0.24         24 9 0.2 1.2 436      
12-22E-28abc2 46 Alluvium 11/15/57       7.7 0.57         26 12 0.2 1.2 440      
12-23E-1bdc 24 Alluvium 6/2/55 13 540 18 1.6   155 15 18 437 87 20 0.2 12 448 90    
12-23E-5ca 32 Alluvium 2/7/53   444 23 17   120 21 14 448 37 6 0 1.8 386 18    
12-23E-11bb1 25 Kansan Stage 6/2/55   328 18 1.6   94 7.2 12 288 12 10 0.1 33 264 28    
12-23E-27bcb 109 Farley Ls
Member of
Wyandotte Ls		 5/19/55   1,370 6 0.39   13 8.6 485 600 444 105 6 4.3 68 0    
12-24E-5cda 55 Drum Ls 5/19/55 14 517 13 1.2   95 14 80 427 76 25 0.5 3.8 294 0    
12-24E-20abb 40 Iola Ls 6/2/55   407 12 0.16   128 10 7.6 368 46 14 0.2 8.4 360 58    
12-25E-18bad 48 Stanton Ls 6/8/55   247 8.5 4.9   58 7.2 19 163 41 18 0.3 15 174 40    
13-21E-23cbd 25 Stanton Ls 6/9/55   450 21 0.12   81 14 54 276 119 10 0.2 15 260 34    
13-21E-26ccd1 35 Kansan Stage 6/9/55 14 245 26 0.36   46 7.3 31 229 10 7 0.1 4.2 145 0    
13-22E-33ddd 93 Farley Ls
Member of
Wyandotte Ls		 6/8/55   462 19 0.26   65 57 26 464 55 10 0.2 1.2 396 16    
13-23E-30ccc 20 Stanton Ls 6/8/55   546 18 0.2   62 24 116 527 37 15 0.3 15 253 0    
13-24E-3acb 23 Stanton Ls 6/2/55 13 278 8.5 0.08   51 6.6 34 120 91 19 0.3 8.8 154 56    
13-24E-17bba Spring Plattsburg Ls 6/2/55 13 329 10 0.04   95 6.6 11 249 41 10 0.2 32 264 60    
13-25E-23ccb 10 Colluvium 5/17/55 14 403 16 0.12   88 14 41 372 20 11 0.3 30 277 0    
13-25E-32bcc 95 Chanute Sh 5/31/55   375 15 0.44   77 20 37 376 34 7 0.2 0.4 274 0    
14-21E-12ada 50 Kansan Stage 6/9/55 14 328 21 2.7   55 8.5 43 210 48 6 0.2 44 172 0    
14-21E-25baa 41 Ireland Ss
Member of
Lawrence Fm		 6/9/55 13 124 21 0.62   12 4.9 19 78 7 5 0.2 17 50 0    
14-21E-36ccb 30 Ireland Ss
Member of
Lawrence Fm		 5/18/55   119 24 0.36   12 7.3 16 102 2.5 4 0.4 3 60 0    
14-22E-9cbb 15 Rock Lake Sh
Member of
Stanton Ls		 6/9/55 13 352 20 0.28   71 15 26 224 82 6 0.2 22 238 54    
14-22E-21bcb 55 Ireland Ss
Member of
Lawrence Fm		 2/1/46   337 16 0.3 0.13 44 21 30 239 55 5 0.3 2.7 196 0   7
14-22E-21cbb1 36 Ireland Ss
Member of
Lawrence Fm		 7/44   336 15 1.7   50 24 37 310 41 5 0.4 1.5 224 0    
14-22E-21cbb2 42 Ireland Ss
Member of
Lawrence Fm		 7/44   326 14 1.8   48 23 38 300 43 4 0.4 1.5 214 0    
14-23E-11bcc1 12 Stanton Ls 6/9/55   358 13 0.15   77 15 27 271 39 10 0.3 44 254 32    
14-23E-11bcc2* 115 Wyandotte Ls 1/9/53   4,000               1320 945            
14-23E-15daa* 84 Bonner Springs Sh 7/6/59   1,890               460 700            
14-24E-18aba 21 Rock Lake Sh
Member of
Stanton Ls		 5/19/55   442 20 0.05   83 12 65 417 7.4 15 0.2 34 256 0    
14-25E-3ccc 15 Iola Ls 5/31/55 14 326 6.5 0.39   44 6.3 58 116 126 21 0.4 6.6 136 41    
14-25E-22baa 200 Stark Sh
Member of
Dennis Ls		 2/28/57   1,310 7.5 0.11 0 3.3 1.5 545 883 1.6 240 14 0.7 14 0 2,370  
15-21E-14cbb 40 Ireland Ss
Member of
Lawrence Fm		 6/9/55   399 20 0.26   57 15 67 329 16 18 0.3 44 204 0    
15-22E-5ddd 26 Recent Stage
Wisconsinan Stage		 5/18/55 12 528 17 0.1   152 10 19 351 112 34 0.2 11 420 132    
15-23E-2ddd 32 Stanton Ls 6/3/55 13 1,050 18 0.26   167 37 125 284 304 130 0.3 133 568 335    
15-24E-2dda 9 Colluvium 6/3/55   217 15 0.24   49 7.3 8.5 110 33 9 0.2 41 152 62    
15-25E-4bab Spring Argentine Ls
Member of
Wyandotte Ls		 6/3/55 15 345 11 0.14   102 8.6 9 277 55 11 0.2 12 290 63    
15-25E-4dcd 15 Colluvium 6/3/55 13 231 16 0.12   61 4.9 13 183 33 9 0.2 3.9 172 22    

1. One milligram per liter is equivalent to 8.33 pounds of substance per million gallons of water.
2. Analyses with asterisk after well number are by State Geological Survey of Kansas. All other analyses are by Kansas State Department of Health.
3. Ls, Limestone; Sh, Shale; Ss, Sandstone; Fm, Formation.
4. In areas where the nitrate content of water is known to exceed 45 mg/l, the public should be warned of the potential dangers of using the water for infant feeding (U.S. Public Health Service, 1962, p. 7).

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Kansas Geological Survey, Johnson County Geohydrology
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