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