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WRC Aquifer Committee

The Aquifer Committee focuses on protecting and enhancing groundwater quality and educating stakeholders about water quality concerns, policies and practices.

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Geohydrology and water quality of the stratified-drift aquifers in Upper Buttermilk Creek and Danby Creek Valleys, Town of Danby, Tompkins County, New York: https://pubs.er.usgs.gov/publication/sir20155138

Hydrogeology and Water Quality of the Stratified-Drift Aquifer in Pony Hollow Creek Valley, Tompkins County, NY: http://pubs.usgs.gov/sir/2014/5059 

Geohydrology, Water Quality, and the Simulation of Groundwater Flow in the Stratified-Drift Aquifer System in Virgil Creek and Dryden Lake Valleys, Town of Dryden, Tompkins County, New York: http://pubs.usgs.gov/sir/2013/5070/

Hydrogeology of the Stratified-Drift Aquifers in the Cayuta Creek and Catatonk Creek Valleys in the Parts of Tompkins, Schuyler, Chemung, and Tioga Counties, New York: http://pubs.usgs.gov/sir/2012/5127/

Geohydrology and Water Quality of the Valley-Fill Aquifer System in the Upper Sixmile Creek and West Branch Owego Creek Valleys in the Town of Caroline, Tompkins County, New York. Report on this Aquifer Study.

Geohydrology of the Stratified-Drift Aquifer System in the Lower Sixmile Creek and Willseyville Creek Trough, Tompkins County, New York. Report on this aquifer study: http://pubs.usgs.gov/sir/2010/5230