The BACOG Water Resources Initiative developed a groundwater model for a 600 square mile study area covering multiple municipalities. The model incorporates over 25,000 wells and soil data to map aquifers, groundwater flow, and estimate sustainable supply. It is used to analyze total reliance on groundwater, growth pressures, contamination risks, and impacts to sensitive areas. Key applications include siting new wells, assessing well interference, mapping recharge areas, and aiding watershed and environmental planning.
12. The BACOG Approach -7.5 METHOD -8.5 The BACOG approach processes all available data into hydraulic conductivity values based on soil descriptions. -2.5 -5.42 -6.33 -4.78 -5.83 -7.5
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14. APPLICATIONS The BACOG Approach BACOG governments use the model for practical applications and environmental analysis. TW1-05
18. The Model This video has been removed. CLICK HERE TO BE REDIRECTED TO GROUNDWATER VIDEOS
19. Flow at Bedrock Surface N Aquitard/Aquiclude Materials Bedrock Surface General Groundwater Flow Direction General Groundwater Flow Pattern at the Bedrock/Drift Interface
20. Well Siting Applications N High Medium High Medium Medium Low Fox & Des Plaines Rivers Low Distribution of Well Yields in the Drift Aquifer(s)
21. Well Siting: Virtual Boreholes This video has been removed Contact the BACOG office at (847) 381-7871 for more information on this application
27. BACOG Water Resources Initiative Barrington Area Council of Governments Janet L. Agnoletti, Executive Director j.agnoletti@BACOG.org Joy Hoeffler, GIS Analyst j.hoeffler@BACOG.org (847) 381-7871 www.BACOG.org Advisor: Kurt O. Thomsen, Ph.D., P.G. KOT Environmental Consulting, Inc. (262) 880-5272 thomsenko@aol.com
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This video looks at an area in the context of the recharge and the stratigraphic model. The roadways come on to give you locational context. We’ve randomly selected a roadway in the center of the region. The recharge map and the stratigraphic model are clipped to the roadway. Now we’re rotating the model so you can see below ground. The recharge map floats above the model on a flat plane. The green space below it is really air – the very bottom of the green layer is the ground surface. The aquifers and other materials are evident in the layers below.If you wanted to analyze the potential for contamination of the shallow aquifers from any land use or event (accident), you could do that from the model.
