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Southern Hills Aquifer System Updates
Capital Area Groundwater Conservation Commission Approves Groundwater Management Plan >>
News Release - Groundwater Awareness Week, March 9-15, 2014 >>
- Governor Bobby Jindal's Proclamation
- Mayor Melvin "Kip" Holden's Proclamation
- Area Aquifer and Recharge Map
Office of Conservation Letter to CAGWCC, Longterm Goals Concerning Salt Water Intrusion November 27, 2013 >>
Office of Conservation Letter to CAGWCC,Special Meeting Request-Saltwater Intrusion July 16, 2013 >>
News Release - Office of Conservation, CAGWCC Set Structure to Coordinate Efforts, April 11, 2013 >>
News Release - Office of Conservation Applauds Capital Area Commission Proposal, March 14, 2013 >>
East Baton Rouge Ground Water Awareness Survey, December 2012 >>
- EBR Ground Water Awareness Survey - News Release
- EBR Ground Water Awareness Survey - Results
- EBR Ground Water Awareness Survey - Report
Supporting Scientific Documents Referenced in 1/14/13 Letter
- Document 1A & Document 1B
Illustration Plates 4 & 5, C, Feb. 1967, “Water Levels” and “Salt-Water Encroachment in Aquifers of Baton Rouge Area, Louisiana”: Louisiana Geological Survey Water Resources Bulletin No. 13, Dept. of Conservation & Louisiana Dept. of Public Works, Aug. 1969. - Document 2
Griffith, J.M., and Lovelace, J.K., 2003, Louisiana ground-water map no. 16: Potentiometric surface of the "1,500-foot" sand of the Baton Rouge area, Louisiana, spring 2001: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources Investigations Report 03-4021, 2 sheets. - Document 3
Prakken, L.B., 2004, Louisiana ground-water map no. 17: Generalized potentiometric surface of the Kentwood aquifer system and the "1,500-foot" and "1,700-foot" sands of the Baton Rouge area in southeastern Louisiana, March-April 2003: U.S. Geological Survey Scientific Investigations Map 2862, 2 sheets. - Document 4
Tomaszewski, D.J. and Accardo, D., 2004, Louisiana Ground-Water Map No. 20: Potentiometric Surface of the 2,000-foot Sand of the Baton Rouge Area, Louisiana, May 2002: USGS Scientific Investigations Map 2872, 2 sheets.
Order No. ENV 2012-GW011 >>Order Concerning Management Planning Strategy and Agency Actions to Address Sustainability of the Southern Hills Aquifer System Underlying the City of Baton Rouge and Surrounding Areas
Water Well Owner Order Responses:
- Air Products and Chemicals Response
- Baton Rouge Water Company Response
- Copolymer Rubber Chemical Corporation Response
- Entergy Corporation Response
- ExxonMobil Response
- Formosa Plastics Corporation Response
- Honeywell International Response
- Honeywell UOP Response
- Southern Ionics (Formerly Kaiser Aluminum) Response
Public Meetings Regarding the Southern Hills Aquifer System
DISCLAIMER
The documents made available for public viewing on this website are for convenience only and inadvertently may not constitute the entire administrative record of Docket ENV-2012-02. To view the official record please contact John Adams at (225) 342-7889 or by email to Johnny.Adams@la.gov.
Docket No. ENV 2012-01 [Transcript]
Public Meeting Held March 8, 2012 [Public Notice] for Saltwater Encroachment in the Southern Hills Aquifer, Baton Rouge, LA
Docket No. ENV 2012-02 [Transcript]
Public Hearing Held April 12, 2012 [Public Notice] for Saltwater Encroachment in the Southern Hills Aquifer, Baton Rouge, LA
- Exhibit A
The current CAGWCC statutory authority - Exhibit B
ACT 446 of 2001 - Exhibit C
ACT 49 of 2003 and current Office of Conservation Ground Water Resource Management statutory authority - Exhibit D
The applicable sections of Louisiana law detailing Ground Water Resources Commission and Ground Water Management Advisory Task Force memberships - Exhibit E
Pages of the 2006 Ground Water Resources Commission meeting transcript detailing the information provided by the director of the Capital Area Commission - Exhibit F.1 & Exhibit F.2
Quarterly newsletter published by the Capital Area Ground Water Conservation Commission from July 2006 to the January 2012 made available to the agency and general public which includes a chronological history of the USGS Baton Rouge area solute-transport and groundwater flow model planning, development, implementation and status updates - Exhibit G
EBR Metro Council Resolution No. 48944 - Exhibit H
Conservation's November 8, 2011 letter to CAGWCC - Exhibit I
The December 13, 2011 CAGWCC response letter - Exhibit J
Conservations' February 10, 2012 response letter to the EBR Metro Council - Exhibit K
The Capital Region Legislative Delegation letter dated February 14, 2012 - Exhibit L
The March 8, 2012 public meeting transcript and written comments and exhibits under Docket Number ENV 2012-01 - Exhibit M
The meeting agenda for the March 14, 2012 CAGWCC technical meeting - Exhibit N
The Louisiana Groundwater Resources Commission's HCR 1 report concerning the Baton Rouge area saltwater encroachment issue - Exhibit O
Preliminary designs of scavenger well options submitted to Conservation by the Baton Rouge Water Company on March 29, 2012 - Exhibit P
The meeting agenda for the CAGWCC's regular meeting on March 20, 2012 - Exhibit Q
The Proof of publication of the legal notice of tonight's hearing in The Advocate - Exhibit R
Signed copy of a Resolution received on April 3, 2012 from the Ascension Parish Council urging and requesting the Louisiana Commissioner of Conservation to call a hearing regarding the lowering of the water table under the parish of East Baton Rouge due to excessive pumping of groundwater
Public Documents Received in Reponse to Meetings (Exhibit S)
- Written Comments
- Written Comments
Written public comments in response to the public meetings for Docket Nos. ENV 2012-01 and ENV 2012-02
- Written Comments
- Reports and Posters Presentations
- The Effect of Faults Upon Ground Water Flow in the Baton Rouge Fault System
Mosa Nasreen, University of New Orleans, December 2003 - Freasibility Study for Alternative Water Supply for Industrial Users
URS, Prepared for the Capital Area Ground WAter Conservation Commission and the Department of Public Works, City of Baton Rouge, April 2004
- The Effect of Faults Upon Ground Water Flow in the Baton Rouge Fault System
- Louisiana Groundwater, A Valuable Resource
The program from the Baton Rouge Geological Society's 2nd Annual Louisiana Groundwater Symposium with abstructs of the presentations, March 2008 - Remedial Options for Saltwater Encroachment in the 1,500-Foot Sand
Lane Hydro, Prepared for Baton Rouge Water Company, January 2012 - Scavenger Well Operation Model to Assist BRWC to Identify Cost-Effective Approaches to Stop Saltwater Intrusion towards the BRWC Wells in the "1,500-Foot" Sand of the Baton Rouge Area
Frank T.-C. Tsai, PhD, P.E., Louisiana State University, January 2011 - Uncertainty and Characterization of the Baton Rouge Fault System in a Bayesian Framework
Ahmed S. Elshall, Frank T.-C. Tsai, Jeffrey S. Hannor, AGU Fall Meeting 2011, December 2011 - USGS Publications
- Theory of Aquifer Tests
U.S. Geological Survey Water-Supply Paper 1536-E
J.G. Ferris, D.B. Knowles, R.H. Brown, R.W. Stallman, Third Printing, 1989 - USGS Publication List
Links to USGS publications pertaining aquifers in the Baton Rouge Area - Potentiometric Surface of the "1,500-Foot" Sand of the Baton Rouge Area
Water Resources Investigation Report 03-4021, Sheets 1 and 2
J.M. Griffith and J.K. Lovelace, Spring, 2003
- Theory of Aquifer Tests
- Capital Area Ground Water Conservation Commission Bulletins
- Bulletin No. 1
Saltwater-Freshwater Interfaces in the "2,000" and "2,800-Foot" Sands in the Capital Area Groundwater Conservation District
Charles G. Smith, October 1976 - Bulletin No. 2
Subsidence in the Capital Area Ground Water Conservation District
Charles G. Smith and Raphael G. Kazmann, March 1978 - Bulletin No. 3
A Geohydrologic Survey of the "1,200-Foot" Sand in the Capital Area Ground Water Conservation District
Charles G. Smith, May 1979 - Bulletin No. 4
Status of Saltwater Encroachment in the "600-Foot" Sand of the Baton Rouge Area, 1999
George T. Cardwell and Don C. Dial, June 2000 - Bulletin No. 5
A Connector Well to Protect Water-Supply Wells in the "1500-Foot" Sand of the Baton Rouge, Louisiana Area from Saltwater Encroachment
Don C. Dial and George T. Cardwell, August 1999
- Bulletin No. 1