GROUND WATER IN NORTH-CENTRAL TENNESSEE
GROUND WATER IN NORTH-CENTRAL TENNESSEE
GROUND WATER IN NORTH-CENTRAL TENNESSEE
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Typical springs in Davidson County, Tenn. Continued<br />
Approximate yield<br />
Openings<br />
Remarks<br />
Temperature<br />
(°F.)<br />
Use<br />
Variability<br />
Date of<br />
measurement<br />
(1927)<br />
No. on<br />
Plate 4<br />
Gallons a<br />
minute<br />
Character<br />
Number<br />
Does not become turbid after rain.<br />
Springs failed after a well had been drilled in each orifice<br />
in an attempt to increase the yield.<br />
58<br />
Probably seasonal .....<br />
Formerly medicinal.<br />
July 31-<br />
Aug. 3-<br />
20.........<br />
None. . ...<br />
Joints . ..<br />
56<br />
DHntl^g<br />
... do<br />
...do...__<br />
«..-.--<br />
Trickle<br />
[100.....<br />
{Less than<br />
I 5.<br />
6 ...... .<br />
1H. ....<br />
6±.....<br />
Bedding-plane solution channel.<br />
Joint and bedding-plane crevices.<br />
Solution channel along joint<br />
Bedding-plane solution channel.<br />
Concealed __ . ......<br />
1 _ .....<br />
Several..<br />
1 _ .. ...<br />
1 ___ .<br />
271<br />
273<br />
274<br />
«278<br />
Probably seasonal fluctuation.<br />
(Water slightly turbid after protracted rains. Young<br />
\ Spring on south side of vafley; springs on north side<br />
I of valley are less reliable.<br />
60<br />
56<br />
Domestic, stock-<br />
60<br />
59<br />
Drinking, bottling<br />
... do....l<br />
Sept. 13j<br />
July 27-<br />
July 31-<br />
Aug. 2_ -<br />
1... .....<br />
1..... ...<br />
1<br />
1... __ .<br />
Yield increases greatly during rainy months.<br />
Spring is pumped as much as 400 gallons an hour.<br />
Former spring, now buried by fill. Reported to have<br />
yielded concentrated sulphur water.<br />
Yield probably fluctuates with season.<br />
Yield to winter is several times as much as in summer;<br />
minimum yield reported about 1 gallon a minute.<br />
Yield Increases after protracted rain; water never<br />
highly turbid.<br />
Perennial spring.<br />
Spring No. 1.<br />
Spring No. 2.<br />
58<br />
62<br />
Bottling __ ....<br />
July 26-<br />
July28..<br />
m... .... .<br />
2..........<br />
Bedding-plane channel ........<br />
1 ........<br />
1 _ . __<br />
«282<br />
283<br />
288<br />
"297<br />
301<br />
301<br />
°305<br />
58<br />
64<br />
Domestic, stock ...<br />
..do................<br />
- do... . .........<br />
16. ........<br />
Aug. 3-_<br />
.....do ......................<br />
Joint crevice _ __ .. __ ..<br />
2 _ ,<br />
1 ........<br />
306<br />
308<br />
2 ...<br />
13H<br />
10 .<br />
« See analysis, pp. 114-117.
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