WATER WITHDRAWALS IN THE BLACK WARRIOR-TOMBIGBEE BASIN AND ALCORN COUNTY, MISSISSIPPI, 1985-87 by Nancy L. Barber
U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY Water-Resources Investigations Report 90-4061
Prepared in cooperation with the U.S. ARMY CORPS OF ENGINEERS MOBILE DISTRICT
Jackson, Mississippi 1991 U.S. DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR MANUEL LUJAN, JR., Secretary
U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY Dallas L. Peck, Director
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District Chief U.S. Geological Survey U.S. Geological Survey Books and Open-File Reports 100 W. Capitol Street Building 810 Suite 710, Federal Building Federal Center, Box 25425 Jackson, Mississippi 39269 Denver, Colorado 80225 CONTENTS Page Abstrart...... 1 Introduction...... ^^ 2 Description of study area...... 2 Hydrogeology...... 2 Paleozoic aquifer...... 3 Tuscaloosa aquifer system...... 3 Coker aquifer...... 3 Gordo aquifer...... 3 Eutaw-McShan aquifer...... 4 Coffee Sand aquifer...... 4 Lower Wilcox aquifer...... 5 Methodology...... 5 Data collection...... 5 Water-resource capacity analysis...... 5 Water withdrawals and resource capacity assessments...... 7 Summary...... 7 References...... 9
111 ILLUSTRATIONS Page Figure 1. Map showing location of study area...... 10 2. Map showing major streams in the study area...... 11 3.-19. Maps showing location of withdrawals for systems in: 3. Alcorn County, Mississippi...... 12 4. Chickasaw County, Mississippi...... 13 5. Clay County, Mississippi...... 14 6. Itawamba County, Mississippi...... 15 7. Kemper County, Mississippi...... 16 8. Lauderdale County, Mississippi...... 17 9. Lee County, Mississippi...... 18 10. Lowndes County, Mississippi...... 19 11. Monroe County, Mississippi...... 20 12. Noxubee County, Mississippi...... 21 13. Oktibbeha County, Mississippi...... 22 14. Pontotoc County, Mississippi...... 23 15. Prentiss County, Mississippi...... 24 16. Tishomingo County, Mississippi...... 25 17. Union County, Mississippi...... 26 18. Webster County, Mississippi...... 27 19. Winston County, Mississippi...... 28