Depth to Water | Net Recharge | Aquifer Media | Soil Media | Topography | Impact of Vadose Zone | Hydraulic Conductivity | |||||||
Range (m) | Rating | Range (mm/year) | Rating | Range | Rating | Range | Rating | Range % | Rating | Range | Rating | Range (m/day) | Rating |
0 - 4.5 | 10 | <50 | 1 | Massive Shale | 2 | Thin or Absent, Gravel | 10 | 0 - 2 | 10 | Confining Layer | 1 | <4 | 1 |
1.5 - 4.5 | 9 | 50 - 100 | 3 | Metamorphic/ Igneous | 3 | Sand | 9 | 2 - 6 | 9 | Silty/Clay | 3 | 4 - 12 | 2 |
4.5 - 7.5 | 8 | 100 - 175 | 6 | Weathered Metamorphic/ Igneous | 4 | Peat | 8 | 6 - 12 | 5 | Shale | 3 | 12 - 30 | 4 |
7.5 - 10 | 7 | 175 - 250 | 8 | Glacial Till | 5 | Shrinking and/or Aggregated Clay | 7 | 12 - 18 | 3 | Limerstone | 6 | 30 - 40 | 6 |
10 - 12.5 | 6 | >250 | 9 | Bedded Sandstone, Limestone, Shale | 6 | Sandy Loam | 6 | >18 | 1 | Sandston, Beded Limeston | 6 | 40 - 80 | 8 |
12.5 - 15 | 5 |
|
| Massive Sandstone, Massive Limestone | 6 | Loam | 5 |
|
| Sandstone, Shale, sand and Gravel | 6 | >80 | 10 |
15 - 19 | 4 |
|
| Sand and Gravel | 8 | Silty Loam | 4 |
|
| Metamorphic/ Igneous | 4 |
|
|
19 - 23 | 3 |
|
| Basalt | 9 | Clay Loam | 3 |
|
| Sand and Gravel | 8 |
|
|
23 - 30 | 2 |
|
| Karst Limestone | 10 | Muck | 2 |
|
| Basalt | 9 |
|
|
>30 | 1 |
|
|
|
| Non Shrinking and Non- Aggregated Clay | 1 |
|
| Karst Limestone | 10 |
|
|
DRASTIC Weight: 5 | DRASTIC Weight: 4 | DRASTIC Weight: 3 | DRASTIC Weight: 2 | DRASTIC Weight: 1 | DRASTIC Weight: 5 | DRASTIC Weight: 3 |