Overview
 

Wells in the Ohio River alluvium yield several hundred gallons per minute; compound horizontal wells have a potential yield as high as 5,000 gallons per minute. In most of Livingston County drilled wells in the uplands are adequate for a domestic supply. Yields as high as 50 gallons per minute have been reported from wells penetrating large solution channels or fault zones. In the low-lying areas along the Cumberland and Tennessee Rivers and the tributaries to the Ohio River, most wells are inadequate for domestic use, unless the well intercepts a major solution opening in the limestone, and then the yield could be very large. In the uplands of the southern section of the county between the Tennessee and Cumberland Rivers, most wells in gravel do not yield enough water for a domestic supply. Springs with flows ranging from a few gallons per minute to 177 gallons per minute are found in the county. Minimum flow generally occurs in early fall, maximum flows in late winter.

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