WATER-RESOURCES INITESTIGATIONS REPORT 84-40`'4 DROUGHT-RELATED IMPACTS ON MUNICIPAL AND MAJOR SELF- SUPPLIED INDUSTRIAL WATER WITHDRAWALS IN TENNESSEE--PART B Prepared by U . S . GEOLOGICAL SURVEY in cooperation with TENNESSEE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND ENVIRONMENT, Division of Water Management TENNESSEE VALLEY AUTHORITY, Office of Natural Resources and Economic Development, Division of Air and Water Resources, Regional DROUGHT-RELATED IMPACTS ON MUNICIPAL AND MAJOR SELF-SUPPLIFD INDUSTRIAL WATER WITHDRAWALS IN TENNESSEE--PART B By Frank M . Alexander and Lee A . Keck, TDWM ; Lewis G . Conn, USGS ; and Stanley J . Wentz, TVA U .S . GEOLOGICAL SURVEY Water-Resources Investigations Report 84-4074 Prepared in cooperation with the TENNESSEE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND ENVIRONMENT, TENNESSEE DIVISION OF WATER MANAGEMENT, TENNESSEE VALLEY AUTHORITY OFFICE OF NATURAL RESOURCES AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, DIVISION OF AIR AND WATER RESOURCES, REGIONAL WATER MANAGEMENT PROGRAM Nashville, Tennessee 1984 � UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR WILLIAM P . CLARK, Secretary GEOLOGICAL SURVEY Dallas Peck, Director For additional information Copies of this report can be write to : purchased from : District Chief Open-File Services Section U .S . Geological Survey Western Distribution Branch A-413 Federal Building U .S . Geological Survey U .S . Courthouse Box 25425, Federal Center Nashville, Tennessee 37203 Lakewood, Colorado 80225 (Te leph one : (303) 236-7476) CONTENTS Page Abstract . c . 1 Introduction . 2 Purpose and scope . 4 Goals and objectives . 4 Previous investigations . 5 Data collection and presentation . 5 Demography . 6 Acknowledgment . 8 Clinch River basin . 9 Basin description . 9 Topography . 9 Hydrology . 11 Surface water . 11 Major reservoirs . 11 Melton Hill Reservoir . 15 No rris Reservoir . 15 Ground water . 16 Demography . 17 Public and self-supplied commercial and industrial water users . 17 Water supply adequacy analysis . 19 Lower Cumberland River basin . 25 Basin description . 25 Topography . 27 Hydrology . 27 Surface water . 27 Major reservoirs . 29 Cheatham Reservoir . 29 J . Percy Priest Reservoir . 29 Old Hickory Reservoir . 33 Ground water . 33 Demography . 34 Public and self-supplied commercial and industrial water users . 36 Water-supply adequacy analysis . 40 Upper Cumberland River basin . 41 Basin description . 41 Topography . 43 Hydrology . 43 Surface water . 43 Major reservoirs . 46 Center Hill Reservoir . 46 Cordell Hull Reservoir . 48 Dale Hollow Reservoir . 48 Ground water . 48 Demography . 50 Public and self-supplied commercial and industrial water users . 50 Water-supply adequacy analysis . 54 Pa ge Duck-Buffalo River basin . 57 Basin description . 57 Topography . 57 Hydrology . 59 Surface water . 59 Major reservoirs . 59 Normandy Reservoir . 59 Columbia Reservoir . 63 Ground water . 63 Demography . 66 Public and self-supplied commercial and industrial water users . 66 Water-supply adequacy analysis . 70 Ell-Shoal River basin . 73 Basin description . 73 Topography . 75 Hydrology . 75 Surface water . 75 Major reservoirs . 75 Tims Ford Reservoir . 79 Woods Reservoir . 79 Ground water . 79 Demography . 81 Public and self-supplied commercial and industrial water users . 83 Water-supply adequacy analysis . 84 French Broad River basin . 89 Basin description . 89 Topography . 89 Hydrology . 91 Surface water . 91 Major reservoirs . 91 Douglas Reservoir . 95 Ground water . 95 Demography . 96 Public and self-supplied commercial and industrial water users . 98 Water-supply adequacy analysis ..