Click image to enlargeThe Denver basin aquifer is primarily made up of four different aquifers: Dawson, Denver, Arapahoe and Laramie-Fox Hill formations. An aquifer is a water bearing layer of various thickness made up of porous material such as gravel or sandstone. The deep water aquifers are not recharged with rain or snow; the water is available only once, nonrenewable. Of these, the Arapahoe is the highest yielding, pumping three hundred plus, gallons per minute (gpm) and provides quality water, this is the source water that Deep Rock Water uses for bottling (Pottoroff, 2006). The basin covers an area of more than 6,700 square miles, west to the foothills, north to Southern Wyoming, east to Limon and south to Colorado Springs (Pottoroff, 2006).
Pottorff, E. (2006). Ground water levels in the Denver basin bedrock aquifers. Colorado
Division of Water Resources. Denver, CO.
Images used with permission from Parker Water and Sanitaion.
4 comments:
Nonrenewable seems to be a waste to me. Not being able to recharge is a big part of the problem. Nice blog
Unfortunatly, with the way we waste our planet will be in poor shape sooner than later. And while it may not effect us directly, I believe that each and every eprson should feel obligated to do what they can do to preserve our earth.
Sometimes it is time consuming to try to help the Earth out, but if everyone just took a little extra time to try I think it could be done, don't you?
Realizing that the deep water aquifers are not renewable is extremely important for people to know. If more people realized the impact of this, would they change thier habits? It isn't just the people and thier habits, it is the entire society and how they view this non-renewable source.
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