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This study was conducted to provide groundwater resource information for Payette County, Idaho. The study area is located in the western edge of a large sediment filled basin, the western Snake River Plain, which consists of over 4,000 feet of lacustrine and fluvial deposits of mostly clay, sand and gravel. Wells and aquifer identification are Lithologic correlation between difficult because of the discontinuous and variable nature of the sediments. Four water quality types were identified from 42 groundwater analyses. Four flow systems are suggested when the four water types are correlated with the subsurface geology. Well hydrographs indicate that the dominant source surface water irrigation in much of the study area of recharge is long-term water level trends are stable in the surface water irrigated areas. Multi-year hydrographs are not available to determine long-term trends in the groundwater irrigated areas. One irrigation well has experienced over 4 ft/year of water level decline. Most of the groundwater enters the study area from the southeast with a small quantity entering from the northeast. Most groundwater discharge is to the Snake and Payette Rivers. Drinking water standards for sulfate, iron, manganese, nitrates and total dissolved solids are exceeded for water quality samples from some wells. The south edge of Clay Peak is identified as a potential problem area for future housing expected. The short development because of well life problem for the low well yields the City of Payette is possibly because of bacteria indigenous to the subsurface.

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Title:
Ground water resources in a portion of Payette County, Idaho
Authors:
Deick, Jan F.; Ralston, Dale R.
Date Created (ISO Standard):
1986-04
Description:
This study was conducted to provide groundwater resource information for Payette County, Idaho. The study area is located in the western edge of a large sediment filled basin, the western Snake River Plain, which consists of over 4,000 feet of lacustrine and fluvial deposits of mostly clay, sand and gravel. Wells and aquifer identification are Lithologic correlation between difficult because of the discontinuous and variable nature of the sediments. Four water quality types were identified from 42 groundwater analyses. Four flow systems are suggested when the four water types are correlated with the subsurface geology. Well hydrographs indicate that the dominant source surface water irrigation in much of the study area of recharge is long-term water level trends are stable in the surface water irrigated areas. Multi-year hydrographs are not available to determine long-term trends in the groundwater irrigated areas. One irrigation well has experienced over 4 ft/year of water level decline. Most of the groundwater enters the study area from the southeast with a small quantity entering from the northeast. Most groundwater discharge is to the Snake and Payette Rivers. Drinking water standards for sulfate, iron, manganese, nitrates and total dissolved solids are exceeded for water quality samples from some wells. The south edge of Clay Peak is identified as a potential problem area for future housing expected. The short development because of well life problem for the low well yields the City of Payette is possibly because of bacteria indigenous to the subsurface.
Subjects:
groundwater level water resources hydrographs
Location:
Payette County, Idaho
Latitude:
43.98
Longitude:
-116.77
Collection:
IWRRI
Series:
Water for Idaho
IWRRI number:
198602
Rights:
In copyright, educational use permitted. Educational use includes non-commercial reproduction of text and images in materials for teaching and research purposes. For other contexts beyond fair use, including digital reproduction, please contact the University of Idaho Library Special Collections and Archives Department at libspec@uidaho.edu. The University of Idaho Library is not liable for any violations of the law by users.
Publisher:
University of Idaho
Contributing Institution:
University of Idaho
Type:
Text
Format:
application/pdf
Cataloger:
wbv
Date Digitized:
2012

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