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Author : Belanger, D.W.; Brunton, R.R.; DiBiase, S.M.; Yungwirth, G.; Zandbergs, A.; and Funk, G.H.
Date : 2006.
Title : Project Unit 06-028. City of Guelph groundwater resource assessment project.
Publication : Summary of Field Work and Other Activities 2006, Ontario Geological Survey.Queen's Printer for Ontario.
Issue : Open File Report 6192.
Page(s) : 37-1 to 37-6.
Abstract
As part of its groundwater mapping program, the Ontario Geological survey (OGS) has partnered with thethe City of Guelph, and enlisted the services of Golder Associates Ltd. and Gartner Lee Limited, to study the bedrock influences and controls on the groundwater quality in the Guelph area. The study will identify the bedrock characteristics and stratigraphy of the Guelph area while constructing the bedrock monitoring well network. The City of Guelph derives its water almost entirely from bedrock aquifers. It has 17 active municipal wells for water supply and 16 of these wells draw groundwater from the Guelph and Amabel formations. Previous groundwater studies have identified the Amabel Formation in the Guelph area as having a high-porosity middle section of cavernous, interconnected voids. This highly transmissive zone within the Amabel Formation is locally known as the Production Zone. Some municipal wells completed within the Production Zone have yields greater than 6500 m3/day. The project consists of 2 separate areas of investigation: the Arkell Spring Grounds area; and the City area. The Arkell Spring Grounds area contains 3 of the City’s most productive bedrock wells and an extensive monitoring well network is being installed in the area. The other monitoring wells are intended to provide a preliminary monitoring well network for the remaining municipal wells. Gartner Lee Ltd. is conducting the Arkell Spring Grounds component of the project, whereas Golder Associates Ltd. is conducting the City component of the project program.
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