Northern Lancaster County Groundwater Study: A Resource Evaluation of the Manheim-Lititz and Ephrata Area Groundwater Basins Executive Summary September 2005 Achieving a balance among environmental, human, and J. Howe economic needs in the management of the basin’s This executive summary and the water resources is a critical full report (SRBC Publication #235) mission of the Susquehanna River Basin Commission are available on the web site at (Commission), as described www.srbc.net/waterbudgetstudy.htm in the 1971 Susquehanna and by CD-Rom. For copies of the River Basin Compact. The Commission carries out its CD-Rom: e-mail at
[email protected] water resource management or call (717) 238-0423, ext. 302. responsibilities in a number John Hauenstein, SRBC Engineering Technician, of ways through its regulatory checking the well at a farmhouse in Elizabeth Township. Report Authors program, public education Robert E. Edwards, P.G. and information, and resource evaluation. The Commission, in partnership Special Projects Manager In areas of intense water resource with the Lancaster County utilization, the Commission may Conservation District, performed a Robert D. Pody, P.G. conduct special studies, water budget groundwater resources evaluation Hydrologist analyses, and identify critical aquifer of a carbonate valley located in recharge areas (CARAs). northern Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. The project was funded by the Historic changes in land use have What is groundwater? Pennsylvania Department of Environmental led to increased impervious areas, increased Groundwater is any water beneath the Protection (PADEP) through its Growing stormwater runoff, and reduced earth’s surface that supplies wells and Greener Grant Program. The study area infiltration.