GROUND WATER IN NORTH-CENTRAL TENNESSEE

WILSON COUNTY 223
chemical character of the water from these wells, which have been
abandoned, is presumably similar to that represented by analysis 326
(pp. 116-117). In a well 292 feet deep, which is about 425 yards north­
west of the hotel, near the swimming pool, on the crest of a ridge
about 615 feet above sea level, at least five water-bearing beds were
penetrated. The uppermost of these was 17 feet below the surface.
It is reported that the static level of the ground water was 15 feet
below the surface and that the drawdown was about 65 feet with a
yield somewhat less than 10 gallons a minute. Hence, the specific
capacity of the well is low, between 0.2 and 0.1 gallon a minute for
each foot of drawdown. About 250 yards northwest of this well and
590 feet above sea level
is another well 252 feet
deep (No. 325), in which
at least three water-bear­
ing beds were penetrated,
the uppermost and prin­
cipal one 160 feet below
tHe surface. The static
level of the ground water
is reported to be about 30
feet below the surface. In
a capacity pumping test
made soon after it was
completed, in September,
1927, the well yielded
about 15 gallons a minute
for 8 hours, but the cor­
relative drawdown is un­
known. About 100 yards
northeast of well 325 and
about 25 feet lower in
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