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Aquifer Description (Mapping Report - 2004):

0 3.5 7 km
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Fractured crystalline (igneous intrusive or meta-
morphic, meta-sedimentary, meta-volcanic, vol-
canic) rock aquifer (subtype = 6b).

Aquifer Details

Region West Coast

Water District Victoria
Aquifer Area 537.6 km2
No. Wells Correlated 1550
Vulnerability to High
Contamination
Productivity Low
Aquifer Classification IIIA
Hydraulic Conductivity * Unknown
Transmissivity * Unknown
Storativity * Unknown
No. Water Licences 1
Issued to Wells
Observation Wells 443, 341
(Active, Inactive)
* min - max
For Hydraulic Connection see guidance document

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(Interactive map) Observation Well #443 (Well record) Aquifer #606

Monthly Groundwater Level1 with Precipitation from Climate Normals2

Groundwater Levels and Long-term Trend

For more information regarding

trends in groundwater levels see
Environmental Reporting BC

Piper Plot No summary at this point

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