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U.S. Geological Survey
Water-Resources Investigations Report 02-4228
Prepared as part of the
NATIONAL WATER-QUALITY ASSESSMENT PROGRAM

Quality of Shallow Ground Water in Areas of Recent Residential and Commercial Development, Wichita, Kansas, 2000

Table 11. Apparent or estimated date of recharge, residence time, flow velocity, and distance to potential
recharge areas (from well locations) for shallow ground water from 30 monitoring wells in areas of recent
residential and commercial development, Wichita, Kansas, 2000

Monitoring-
well index
number
(fig. 1) 		Apparent or
(estimated)¹
recharge date		 Residence time
(years) 		Flow velocity
(feet per day) 		Distance to
potential recharge
areas
(miles)
1 1984 16 1.2 1.3
2 1979 21 1.2 1.7
3 1986 14 1.2 1.2
4 (1986) 14 1.2 1.2
5 1990 10 1.2   .8
6 (1986) 14 1.2 1.2
7 1986 14 1.2 1.2
8 1987 13 1.2 1.1
9 1989 11 1.2   .9
10 1989 11 1.2   .9
11 1980 20 1.2 1.7
12 1986 14 1.2 1.2
13 1985 15 1.2 1.2
14 1984 16 1.2 1.3
15 1990 20 1.2   .8
16 1987 13 1.2 1.1
17 (1986) 14 2.5 2.4
18 (1986) 14 2.5 2.4
19 1984 16 2.5 2.8
20 1986 14 2.8 2.4
21 (1986) 14 2.5 2.4
22 (1986) 14 2.5 2.4
23 1988 12 2.5 2.1
24 (1986) 14 2.5 2.4
25 (1986) 14 2.5 2.4
26 (1986) 14 2.5 2.4
27 (1986) 14 2.5 2.4
28 (1986) 14 2.5 2.4
29 (1986) 14 2.5 2.4
30 1990 10 2.5 1.7

                         ¹Estimated as the average of apparent recharge dates for 18 wells (table 4).

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