Foreword

Introduction

Acknowledgments

Overview

Water Use

Topography of the County

Geology of the County

Groundwater Availability

Exploration for Groundwater

Karst

Water Quality

Maps and Data

Additional Reading

References Cited

Definitions of Geologic Terms

Rock Descriptions

Brown, R.F., and Lambert, T.W., 1963, Availability of ground water in Breckinridge, Grayson, Hardin, Larue, and Meade Counties, Kentucky: U.S. Geological Survey Hydrologic Investigations Atlas HA-33, 3 sheets, scale 1:250,000.

Brown, R.F., and Lambert, T.W., 1963, Reconnaissance of ground water resources in the Mississippian Plateau Region, Kentucky: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Supply Paper 1603, 58 p.

Garcia, R., 1992, Quality of storm-water runoff in three watersheds in Elizabethtown, Kentucky: U.S. Geological Survey, Water-Resources Investigation 92-4078, 27 p.

Kepferle, R.C., 1967, Geologic map of the Colesburg quadrangle, Hardin and Bullitt Counties, Kentucky: U.S. Geological Survey Geological Quadrangle Map GQ-771, scale 1:24,000.

Lambert, T.W., 1979, Water in the Elizabethtown area; a study of a limestone terrane in Northcentral Kentucky: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources Investigation 79-0053, 81 p.

Mull, D.S., Faust, R.J., and Martin, G.R., 1990, Water availability and vulnerability of ground water to contamination in northwestern Hardin County, Kentucky: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources Investigation 90-4133, 62 p.

Mull, D.S., and Smoot, J.L., 1986, Ground water flow characteristics described by quantitative dye tracing in karst terrane in the Elizabethtown area, Kentucky: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources Investigation 87-4174, 102 p.

Otton, E.G., 1948, Ground-water resources of the Elizabethtown area, Kentucky: Kentucky Geological Survey, ser. 8, Cooperative Report, 27 p.

Pohl, E.R., Cushman, R.V., Kepferle, R.C., Peterson, W.L., and Sable, E.G., eds., 1964, Geologic features of the Mississippian Plateaus in the Mammoth Cave and Elizabethtown areas, Kentucky (Geological Society of Kentucky 1964 annual spring field conference): Kentucky Geological Survey, ser. 10, 32 p.

Price, W.E., Jr., 1964, Geology and hydrology of alluvial deposits along the Ohio River between southwestern Louisville and West Point, Kentucky: U.S. Geological Survey Hydrologic Investigations Atlas HA-11, 2 sheets, scale 1:24,000.

Taylor, C.J., 1997, Delineation of ground-water basins and recharge areas for municipal water supply springs in a karst aquifer system in the Elizabethtown area, northern Kentucky: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources Investigation 96-4254, 22 p.

Water-resource publications of the Kentucky Geological Survey may be viewed at the Water Research Library on the Kentucky Geological Survey's Web site.

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