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Kansas City Area Ground Water

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Contents

Abstract

Introduction

Purpose and scope of the investigation

Location and extent of the area

Previous investigations

Methods of investigation

Acknowledgments

Geography

Topography and drainage

Culture and resources

Climate

Geology in relation to the ground water

Pennsylvanian System

Quaternary System

Pleistocene Series

Pleistocene and Recent Series

Loess

Alluvium

Source, occurrence, and movement of the ground water

Permeability of the water-bearing materials

Pumping test on well 16

Pumping test on well 49

Yield of wells

Chemical character of ground water

Chemical constituents in relation to use

Dissolved solids

Hardness

Iron

Chloride

Hydrogen-ion concentration

Temperature of ground water

Utilization of ground water

Industrial supplies

Public supplies

Domestic and stock supplies

Records of wells and test holes

Logs of test holes and wells

References

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Kansas Geological Survey, Geohydrology
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