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FY 2008-09
- Propose to install four additional wells at the Grifton Ballfield Station in Pitt County.
- Propose to install three additional wells at Deppe Station in Onslow County.
- Propose an additional monitoring Station in central Jones County.
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FY 2007-08 North Carolina Ground Water Resources Monitoring Well Network 2008 Annual Report
- Installed Parkertown Road station near Hubert in eastern Onslow County. Station consists of six wells.
- Installed two new wells at the Folkstone Station in Onslow County.
- Purchased an additional motorized pump reel trailer to aid in aquifer testing and maintenance of monitoring wells.
- Purchased 27 additional automatic water level recorders for monitoring wells.
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FY 2006-07 North Carolina Ground Water Resources Monitoring Well Network 2007 Annual Report
- Installed a new monitoring station near Bear Grass in southern Martin County. Station consists of seven wells. Wells screen the Surficial, Peedee, Black Creek (2), Upper Cape Fear (2), and Lower Cape Fear aquifers.
- Installed a new monitoring station near La Grange in western Lenoir County. Station consists of four wells. Aquifers screened are the Surficial, Black Creek (2), and Upper Cape Fear.
- Installed a new monitoring station near Grifton in southern Pitt County. Station consists of one well (with plans to drill additional wells in a future fiscal year). The Lower Cape Fear aquifer is screened.
- Purchased 60 additional automatic water level recorders for monitoring wells.
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FY 2005-06 North Carolina Ground Water Resources Monitoring Well Network 2006 Annual Report
- Installed a new monitoring station at West Research Campus in western Pitt County. Station consisted of a total of six wells. Aquifers screened are the Surficial, Yorktown, Black Creek, Upper Cape Fear, and Lower Cape Fear.
- Installed two new wells at the Halls Station in Sampson County. These two new wells completed the station with screens in the Black Creek and Upper Cape Fear aquifers.
- Began implementing multi-year plan for replacing aging and damaged wells in the DWR network with new wells to preserve data continuity and integrity. This plan included installation of replacement wells detailed below.
- Replaced one Upper Cape Fear aquifer well with a faulty grout seal at the Clarks Station in Craven County.
- Replaced one Upper Cape Fear aquifer well with a faulty grout seal at the Wellfield 258 Station in Onslow County.
- Replaced one Black Creek aquifer well with a faulty grout seal at the Magnolia School Station in Robeson County. Additionally, installed two new wells at this site, screened in the Black Creek and Upper Cape Fear aquifers.
- Replaced one Upper Cape Fear aquifer well with a faulty grout seal at the Red Bank Station in Robeson County.
- Evaluated one new model of water level recorder for suitability in the NC Monitoring Well Network. This model was deemed suitable and 31 units were procured for installation on wells in the northeastern part of the state.
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FY 2004-05
- Installed nine new monitoring wells and two replacement monitoring wells at four sites in Pitt County to refine the hydrogeologic framework of Central Coastal Plain.
- Installed two pilot holes and collected two geophysical logs from two new sites in Pitt County.
- Purchased 26 additional water level recorders for the Coastal Plain well network.
- Evaluated two additional automatic water level data collection platforms for possible use in the DWR well network.
- Began testing the use of solar panels for power generation for water level recorders in the DWR well network.
- Purchased a motorized pump reel trailer to aid in aquifer testing and maintenance of monitoring wells.
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FY 2003-04
- Drilled 11 new wells in Bladen and Cumberland Counties in support of aquifer characterization and Capacity Use Investigation in the Bladen County area.
- Added two existing wells to DWR network by monitoring two former DOT supply wells in Johnston County
- Purchased 42 new water level recorders to monitor water levels in the Southern Coastal Plain in support of aquifer characterization and Capacity Use Investigation in the Bladen County area.
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FY 2002-03
- Did not drill any new monitoring wells this year. Drilling funds were used to purchase 125 new water level recorders to monitor water levels in wells throughout the state.
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FY 2001-02
- Purchased 35 additional pressure transducers.
- Constructed 14 new monitoring wells in the Central Coastal Plain
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FY 2000-01
- Constructed 23 new monitoring wells in the Central Coastal Plain
- Constructed 3 replacement monitoring wells in the Central Coastal Plain
- Were unable to purchase additional water level recorders due to budget cuts
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FY 1999-00
- Installed 12 new monitoring wells in the Central Coastal Plain
- Purchased 10 Sutron digital water level recorders
- Purchased In Situ pressure transducers and data loggers for use in aquifer testing
- Abandoned 9 monitoring wells in flood prone areas to prevent ground water contamination by flood water
- Purchased a Geovision Micro 2 downhole camera for assessing maintenance needs and confirming construction of monitoring wells
- NCDENR gives DWR mandate to manage the statewide monitoring well network.
- Built a rip-rap wall at Hobucken Research Station in Pamlico County to protect the research station from wake erosion on the Intracoastal Waterway. Two wells had already been damaged by the erosion.
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FY 1998-99
- Purchased 60 Sutron digital water level recorders
- Abandoned 4 damaged wells in Dare County to prevent ground water contamination by overwash from the Croatan Sound
- DWR has been intermittently monitoring select monitoring wells in the Coastal Plain since the mid-1990s.
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