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Nova Scotia Department of Natural ResourcesMineral Resources Branch

Open File Map ME 2014-006

G. W. Kennedy

GIS databases, cartography and reproduction by Angie Ehler, Brian Fisher and Jeff McKinnon of the Nova ScotiaDepartment of Natural Resources, Geoscience Information Services Section, 2012-2013. The GIS databases and mapwere developed using ArcGIS® 10.0.

Universal Transverse Mercator Projection (UTM), Zone 20, Central Meridian 63°00' West. North American Datum (NAD)1983 Canadian Spatial Reference System (CSRS) 98.

Base and digital data derived from the Nova Scotia Topographic Database (NSTDB). Copyright Her Majesty the Queen inRight of the Province of Nova Scotia. The NSTDB is available from Service Nova Scotia and Municipal Relations(SNSMR), Land Information Services Division (LIS), Nova Scotia Geomatics Centre (NSGC), Amherst, Nova Scotia.

Map Notes Disclaimer

Recommended Citation

The map does not exclude areas unsuitable for groundwater supply development due to land-use restrictions andenvironmental concerns (e.g. seawater intrusion, contaminant release, flood risk, watercourse baseflow maintenance).

The information on this map may have come from a variety of government and nongovernment sources. The Nova ScotiaDepartment of Natural Resources does not assume any liability for errors that may occur.

Kennedy, G. W. 2014: Potential Surficial Aquifers for the Northern Region of Nova Scotia (Sheet 1); Nova ScotiaDepartment of Natural Resources, Mineral Resources Branch, Open File Map ME 2014-006, scale 1:150 000.

Scale 1:150 000

Crown Copyright © 2014, Province of Nova Scotia, all rights reserved.

Halifax, Nova Scotia2014

The author would like to acknowledge Fred Baechler for his assistance with the identification of buried surficial aquifersin Cape Breton and review of the aquifer mapping. The author would also like to thank John Drage for his useful reviewcomments.

Acknowledgments

Selected References

Stea, R.R., Conley, H. and Brown, Y. 1992: Surficial geology map of the Province of Nova Scotia; Nova ScotiaDepartment of Natural Resources, Mines and Energy Branches, Map 1992-3, scale 1:500 000. Available online asDP ME 36, version 2, 2006 at http://www.gov.ns.ca/natr/meb/download/dp036.htm.

Nova Scotia Environment 2013: Well Logs Database; available online athttp://www.gov.ns.ca/nse/water/welldatabase.asp.

Nova Scotia Department of Natural Resources 2013a: Pumping Test Database; available online as part ofhttp://gis4.natr.gov.ns.ca/website/nsgroundwater/viewer.htm.

Nova Scotia Department of Natural Resources 2013b: Test Hole Database; available online as part ofhttp://gis4.natr.gov.ns.ca/website/nsgroundwater/viewer.htm.

Rivard, C., Paradis, D., Paradis, S. J., Bolduc, A., Morin, R. H., Liao, S., Pullan, S., Gauthier, M. -J., Trépanier, S.,Blackmore, A., Spooner, I., Deblonde, C., Boivin, R., Fernandes, R. A., Castonguay, S., Hamblin, T., Michaud, Y., Drage,J. and Paniconi, C. 2012: Canadian groundwater inventory: regional hydrogeological characterization of the AnnapolisValley aquifers; Geological Survey of Canada, Bulletin 598, 161 pages.

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Drilled water wells NOT intercepting sand and/or gravel materialssuitable for surficial aquifer groundwater supply development accordingto well stratigraphic record . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Drilled water well, test hole, or pumping test indicating presence of sandand/or gravel materials that may be suitable for surficial aquifergroundwater supply development . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Municipal groundwater supply well in surificial aquifer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Potential areas for surficial aquifer groundwater supplydevelopment from a drilled water well . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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