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Title: A Dasymetric Approach to Estimating Domestic Groundwater Well Use in the United States
Citation Type: Dissertation/Thesis
Publication Year: 2016
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Abstract: Privately owned domestic water wells supply household water to about 15 percent of Americans, roughly 50 million people. Domestic wells are not regulated by the Safe Drinking Water Act, and therefore are not subject to the testing requirements that are employed by public water suppliers. It is the responsibility of the homeowner to have their well water tested. Well testing can be expensive, ranging anywhere from under a hundred dollars to thousands of dollars depending upon the location and the number and variety of tests being conducted. In order to help identify areas in the United States that are either being affected by or are vulnerable to contamination, locations of private wells must be known. Although most states now require permits or logs to drill a new domestic well, very few required them prior to the 1990’s. I present a universal dasymetric approach which extrapolates well data from the 1990 Census, which was the last time Americans were universally asked from where they received their water supply, to 2010 and refines it from the Census block group level to the Census block level. The results show predicted domestic well use for over 11 million Census blocks in the United States for 2010. This dataset will be useful for numerous applications relating to groundwater use and protection, as well as helping to protect public health by providing important data for future planning and development.
Url: https://etd.ohiolink.edu/pg_10?0::NO:10:P10_ACCESSION_NUM:ucin1479814340809441
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Authors: Murray, Andrew R
Institution: University of Cincinnati
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Data Collections: IPUMS NHGIS
Topics: Natural Resource Management, Other
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