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The Difference Between the Potentiometric Surfaces of the Upper Patapsco Aquifer, September 1990 and September 2001 in Southern Maryland

By Curtin, S.E., Andreasen, D.C., and Wheeler, J.C.

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Abstract

This report presents a map showing the change in the potentiometric surface of the Upper Patapsco aquifer in the Upper Patapsco Formation of Cretaceous age in Southern Maryland for September 1990 and September 2001. The map, based on water level measurements in 35 wells, shows that during the 11-year period, the potentiometric surface ranged from an increase of 3 feet at Arnold, which is located just north of Annapolis, to a decline of 24 feet 5 miles south of LaPlata and 20 feet at both Waldorf and LaPlata.


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