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WRIR 01-4275

Design of a Real-Time Ground-Water Level Monitoring Network and Portrayal of Hydrologic Data in Southern Florida

By Scott T. Prinos, A.C. Lietz, and R.B. Irvin

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Table 3. Statistically significant Seasonal Kendall trend test results for chloride concentrations in water at selected wells in southern Florida based on two seasons per year
[Statistically significant at p-value <0.05]
Well numberCountyPeriod of recordSlope
(milligrams per year)
p-value
Water-Table Aquifer (West Coast)
C-953Collier1984-980.710.001
C-1063Collier1986-971.000
C-1065Collier1986-98-500.018
L-1136Lee1974-982.050
Lower Tamiami Aquifer
C-4921Collier1975-972.8.016
C-525Collier1975-988.89.020
C-528Collier1975-98.5.000
C-489Collier1975-981.547.11x10-8
C-975Collier1984-98-4.57.000
C-977Collier1984-987.000
C-998Collier1985-981.11.008
C-1083Collier1987-97-38.3.028
L-738Lee1974-986.664.41x10-6
L-5725Lee1986-98-20.000
L-5727Lee1986-97-10.000
Sandstone Aquifer
C-303Collier1981-98-6.67.002
C-688Collier1981-98.56.000
Mid-Hawthorn Aquifer
C-1080Collier1986-981.002
L-735Lee1980-98-353.54x10-9
L-1109Lee1975-9810.003
L-2640Lee1978-982.5.000
L-2644Lee1978-98-3.48.050
L-2702Lee1978-97-3.924.48x10-6
L-2820Lee1978-98-15.56.008
Surficial Aquifer System
M-1052Martin1975-95-30.012
PB-595Palm Beach1975-94-3001.24x10-7
PB-1669Palm Beach1993-98-2.000
Biscayne Aquifer
G-432Miami-Dade1978-981281.19x10-8
G-548Miami-Dade1974-98-20.001
G-571Miami-Dade1975-98-265.56x10-12
G-896Miami-Dade1974-9814.7.003
G-901Miami-Dade1974-98117.003
G-1180Miami-Dade1974-98 .335.47x10-6
G-1251Miami-Dade1974-98 .913.50x10-101
G-1351Miami-Dade1974-98-605.59x10-8
G-1354Miami-Dade1974-98-5.005
G-3235AMiami-Dade1981-98 .5.010
G-854Broward1974-98501.68x10-21
G-1212Broward1974-98-1.67.018
G-1232Broward1974-98 .332.25x10-06
G-1241Broward1981-9847.82.02x10-10
G-1340Broward1974-98-.866.79x10-12
G-1343Broward1974-981.51.15x10-10
G-1347Broward1974-98.20.004
G-1435Broward1974-982662.27x10-35
G-1473Broward1980-98-.32.000
G-1597Broward1974-98-83.71x10-17
G-2001Broward1974-98-1.67.000
G-2073ABroward1974-98-.92.000
Biscayne Aquifer--Continued
G-2090Broward1974-98-1.6941.8x10-13
G-2125Broward1974-98.33.001
G-2129Broward1975-98-.37.007
G-2130Broward1975-98.402.05x10-07
G-2176Broward1974-9812.5.000
G-2176ABroward1974-98.17.008
G-2294Broward1981-982.842.34x10-08
G-2352Broward1981-986.672.05x10-06
G-2410Broward1985-983.302.79x10-10
G-2441Broward1986-98-100.00
G-2478Broward1988-982.672.15x10-08
G-2509Broward1994-98-20.015
1 The casing of well C-492 has been found to be open to the water-table aquifer. Extent of hydrologic connection to the lower Tamiami aquifer is unclear.

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