effects of road salting on public supply wells, suffolk county ny
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road salt, suffolk county, tyrand fuller, scwaTRANSCRIPT
LONG ISLAND
Atlantic Ocean
Long Island Sound
NYC
North Fork
South Fork
Suffolk
County
-All Recharge from precipitation
-Total Precipitation 45 inch/year of which
30 inches snow
Block Island Sound
Atlantic Ocean
Long
Island
Sound
Chl
orid
es -
ppm
Mill Lane Production Well 1
0
20
40
60
80
100
120
5/1/
1998
8/6/
1998
11/1
1/19
98
2/16
/199
9
5/24
/199
9
8/29
/199
9
12/4
/199
9
3/10
/200
0
6/15
/200
0
9/20
/200
0
12/2
6/20
00
4/2/
2001
7/8/
2001
10/1
3/20
01
Date
Ch
lori
des
- p
pm
0500100015002000250030003500
Mo
nth
ly P
um
pa
ge
(T
ho
us
an
ds
of
Ga
llon
s)
cl pumpage
Mill Lane Production Well 2
0102030405060708090
5/1/
1998
8/4/
1998
11/7
/199
8
2/10
/199
9
5/16
/199
9
8/19
/199
9
11/2
2/19
99
2/25
/200
0
5/30
/200
0
9/2/
2000
12/6
/200
0
3/11
/200
1
6/14
/200
1
9/17
/200
1
12/2
1/20
01
Date
Ch
lori
des
- p
pm
050010001500200025003000
Mo
nth
ly P
um
pa
ge
(T
ho
us
an
ds
of
Ga
llon
s)
cl pumpage
High
Chlorides
High
Chlorides
Depth N
010203040
0 5010 6020 7030 8040 9050 10060 11070 12080 13090 140
100 150110 160120 170130140150160 170
North Rd (C.R. 48)
116844 Well 2 2
Sump
Well 1 116843
116845
Cl
49.1 50.0 46.5 54.6 116.4 115.4 50.2 29.5 32.5 32.7 24.42019.9
Cl
9.6 10.2 10.8 20.9 18.5 122.7 132.9 78.7 24.0 29.8 43.4 34.227.0 22.7 21.1
CL32.020.226.824.914.831.655.675.763.045.832.622.734.543.7
Profile 2 Profile 1
Profile 3
High
Chlorides
High
Chlorides
High Chlorides
Low Br/Cl Ratio
•Joseph Pokorny, Steve Colabufo, Richard Bova (SCWA)
•Fred Stumm, Tony Chu, Craig Brown (USGS)