B152 - Ground Water In Ontario, 1951 And 1952 - Geology Ontario

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To THE HONOURABLE PHILIP T. KELLY, Minister of Mines. SIR, I beg to hand you herewith the report of the Ground-Water Geologist of this Department on the hydrologic data assembled from water-well records and observation-well measurements in Ontario during 1951 and 1952. I have the honour to be, Sir, Your obedient servant, DEPARTMENT OF MINES, Toronto, 1957. H. C. RICKABY, Deputy Minister of Mines. (ii)
TABLE OF CONTENTS Bulletin 152 Introduction. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . l Purpose and Scope of Report. . . . . . . . l Acknowledgments. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . l Geography. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . l Topography....................... l Drainage. .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 Climate.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 Agriculture.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 Population . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 Ground Water. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 Introduction. ... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 Ground Water Continued Observation Wells... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 The Hydro-Electric Power Commission of Ontario. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 Water-Level Fluctuations . . . . . . . . . . . 7 Ground-Water Legislation.. . . . . . . . . . . . 12 Prosecutions. .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 Township Permits... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 Drillers Licensed to Drill in 1951 and 1952.......................... 13 Water-Well Records. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 APPENDICES . . A Observation Wells and Water-Level Measurements, 1951 and 1952. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 B Drillers Licensed and Number of Wells Drilled, 1951 and 1952. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33 C Records for Water Wells Drilled in 1951 and 1952.... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45 PAGE ILLUSTRATIONS Drilling rig covered with frozen mud . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .frontispiece Automatic recorder over observation well No. 29 being checked . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 West group of seven wells at the town of Forest... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 Ground water being aerated at Ingersoll to remove sulphur content... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 PAGE DIAGRAMS Hydrographs of Water Levels in Observation Wells . . . 1 At Elmira and Kitchener.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .facing 10 2 At Forest and London. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .facing 10 3 At Stratford and Woodstock.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .facing 12 4 Near Cayuga, Fort William, Milton, and Toronto. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .facing 12 PAGE TABLES I Areas and Monthly Mean Elevations of some of the Great Lakes.... .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 II Average Temperature Readings, in Degrees Fahrenheit, for Certain Localities in Ontario 4 III Precipitation, in Inches, for Certain Localities in Ontario.... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 IV Assistance given to Farmers and Settlers in Procuring Water Supplies. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 V Observation Wells Measured in 1951 and 1952 by the Ontario Department of Mines . . . . 8 VI Observation Wells Measured in 1951 and 1952 by the Hydro-Electric Power Commision of Ontario... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 VII Summary of Water-Well Drilling Data for 1951 and 1952 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 (iii)
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