Effects of Effluent Spray Irrigation and Sludge Disposal on Ground Water in a Karst Region, Northwest Pinellas County, Florida |
Common terms and phrases
affected by disposal Ammonia analyses blue active substance chloride concentrations depth direction of ground-water discharge disposal operations dissolved drilling effluent disposal effluent holding pond FEET 300METERS Floridan aquifer system ft above sea ft below land ft/d golf course ground water ground-water flow ground-water mound ground-water trough hydraulic conductivity in/yr indicate Innisbrook intermediate confining unit land surface limestone major ions MBAS methylene blue methylene blue active mg/L microsiemens per centimeter milligrams milligrams per liter nitrate nitrate nitrogen North Plant NUMBER nutrients onsite organic nitrogen phosphorus PinCo monitor Pinellas County potentiometric surface residuum layer samples collected samples were collected sea level secondary porosity September 1988 sinkhole sludge disposal sodium and chloride specific-conductance values sprayfield study area study period surficial aquifer surficial sands Tampa Limestone total µg/L U.S. Geological Survey underlying limestone Upper Floridan aquifer USGS FLRD USGS NRSD Wall Springs water levels water quality water table water-quality constituents Water-quality samples