An Examination of the Hydrological Environment in Choctaw County Mississippi since 1995, with a Focus on an Area Surrounding an Industrial Complex established in 1998

Author

Jeremy Keith Foote

Issuing Body

Mississippi State University

Advisor

Schmitz, Darrel W.

Committee Member

Rodgers, John C. III

Committee Member

Dash, Padamanava.

Date of Degree

5-7-2016

Document Type

Graduate Thesis - Open Access

Major

Geology

Degree Name

Master of Science

College

College of Arts and Sciences

Department

Department of Geosciences

Abstract

The population and industrial complexes of Choctaw County obtains much of its water from an aquifer system in the Tertiary age Wilcox unit of the Mississippi Embayment. Utilizing 20 years of physical chemistry (P-Chem) analysis, potentiometric groundwater records of Choctaw County public water wells as well as industrial P-Chem analysis and surface and ground water level records from an industrial complex, this study examined the changes to the hydrosphere that has taken place since 1995. Analysis of the hydrosphere shows that over the last 20 years, there has been a drop in the potentiometric surface of the Wilcox aquifer system. The analysis also shows changes in the P-Chem of the hydrosphere, changes such as a decrease in the concentration of free CO2 and chloride, and fluctuations of Alkalinity. Comparisons between groundwater records taken from the industrial complex and other locations around Choctaw County, show little variation in the physical chemistry.

URI

https://hdl.handle.net/11668/16555

Recommended Citation

Foote, Jeremy Keith, "An Examination of the Hydrological Environment in Choctaw County Mississippi since 1995, with a Focus on an Area Surrounding an Industrial Complex established in 1998" (2016). Theses and Dissertations. 540.
https://scholarsjunction.msstate.edu/td/540