Groundwater and Surface Water Monitoring Program - A Siuslaw Estuary Partnership Project

The Surface and Ground Water Monitoring Program is being conducted to protect the North Florence Sole Source Dunal Aquifer. The Aquifer is the only sole source aquifer in the State of Oregon. It was designated "sole source" by EPA in 1987 because contamination of the aquifer would leave Florence area residents with no source of drinking water. The waters in the lower Siuslaw Watershed are interconnected; so, protection of the aquifer hepls protect Siuslaw surface waters, especially Munsel Creek and the Siuslaw estuary. Hydrogeologists from GSI Water Solutions are consultants for the project. The Program is being conducted in accordance with the protocols in the EPA-approved Quality Assurance Project Plan.

For more information and access to the groundwater and surface water monitoring reports, including the first Annual Surface and Ground Water Monitoring Report, October 2010 through September 2011, please click on the link to the Siuslaw Estuary Partnership.