Ground water for industry in the Scioto River Valley

Electronically recreated version June 2006.; Originally released in 1965.; Includes bibliographical references (page 28).Permeable sand and gravel deposits in the valley of the Scioto River constitute one of the most important sources of large ground-water supplies in Ohio. Large perennial yields from industrial wells are developed by inducing infiltration from streams. Pumping a well, or group of wells, close to the Scioto River lowers the ground-water level below river level and causes a reversal of the normal ground-water flow. Water moves from the river into the valley fill and toward the pumping wells. It is conservatively estimated that there is a potential ground-water supply of one and a half billion gallons per day available in the area adjacent to the Scioto River. The large ground-water potential of the Scioto River valley, combined with other favorable factors, should ultimately result in important industrial development