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https://hdl.handle.net/11681/12704| Title: | Geophysical investigation for groundwater resources at the Soto Cano Air Base, Honduras |
| Authors: | United States. Army. Corps of Engineers. Mobile District Lewis, Richard D. Simms, Janet E. |
| Keywords: | Geoelectrical Geophysics Geophysical exploration Ground Water Geophysical surveys Hydrogeology Geology Resistivity Aquifers Honduras Soto Cano air base, Honduras |
| Publisher: | Geotechnical Laboratory (U.S.) Engineer Research and Development Center (U.S.) |
| Series/Report no.: | Technical report (U.S. Army Engineer Waterways Experiment Station) ; GL-92-21. |
| Description: | Technical Report Abstract: A qeophysical investigation was undertaken to explore the potential for further ground water development around the Soto Cano air base, Honduras. Electrical resistivity vertical sounding and horizontal profiling were utilized. The main qround-water aquifer in the area, a buried river channel now filled with gravel, was clearly defined. A tributary to tbis aquifer was also detected. Currently, the main qround-water aquifer has reached its capacity in the driest part of the year and additional water resources are needed at the current level of demand. A location southeast of the air base was determined for an exploratory water well which has possible yields of 20 to 60 gpm. Similar capacities may be achieved with a carefully located well in the tributary channel aquifer under the air base. Additional geophysical studies are recommended to determine the precise location of the tributary channel aquifer, locate another aquifer at the east edge of the Comayaqua valley and Rio Canquigue, and investigate the feasibility of a deep (+1000 meters) well. It is also recommended that an aquifer management program be initiated where withdrawal flows are metered and charted, monitoring wells are installed, and the aquifer drawdown observed and projected. |
| Rights: | Approved for public release; distribution is unlimited. |
| URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/11681/12704 |
| Appears in Collections: | Technical Report |
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