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Upper
Arkansas River Valley
Increasing
population means increasing demand for water. Because of
the Prior Appropriation Doctrine that Colorado follows when
distributing resources, the Arkansas River cannot be used
to sustain the development of the Upper Arkansas River Valley.
As a direct result, development of groundwater resources
is proceeding at an ever-growing rate. In order to provide
safe, sustainable development for Buena Vista, Salida, and
Poncha Springs, the basement and groundwater resources of
the area must be characterized.
Working
with the Geophysics Summer Field Camp, we plan on characterizing
the basement geometry and aquifer flow and recharge. So
far, deep seismic, gravity, DC/IP electrical, and transient
electromagnetic methods have been employed along with surface
geology mapping to give us a preliminary picture of the
granitic basement.
Should
you have any questions or would like to contribute well
or other data (well logs, flow rates, quality information)
to this project, please contact Andy
Kass at mkass@mines.edu.
  
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