
Lloyd Aquifer Protection - Long Beach, NY
What is the Lloyd Aquifer? The Lloyd Aquifer is the purest, deepest and most limited aquifer serving Long Island. Long Beach relies solely on water pumped from the Lloyd, to meet the …
Our Long Island Aquifers: The Basics | Nassau Suffolk Water ...
The Lloyd aquifer is 1,800 feet below the surface at its deepest point and the water it contains is about six thousand years old. The Lloyd aquifer is found at depths averaging 200-300 feet …
L.I. Aquifer System - Water for Long Island
The Lloyd aquifer is the only true confined aquifer. It is separated from the Magothy by a thick clay layer known as the Raritan Clay. This clay bed is not an aquifer but a confining layer that …
Many studies during the 20th century have provided information on this confined aquifer and helped refine its representation in ground-water flow models. The Lloyd is the lowermost …
Hydrogeology of the Lloyd aquifer on Long Island, New York— A …
2006年1月1日 · Long Island's ground-water system consists of four main aquifers-the upper glacial, the Jameco, the Magothy, and the Lloyd. The Lloyd aquifer underlies nearly all of Long …
Geohydrology of the Lloyd aquifer, Long Island, New York
The Lloyd aquifer contains only about 9% of the water stored in Long Island 's groundwater system but is the only source of potable water for several communities near the north and …
The Lloyd Aquifer is the deepest of the four major aquifers on Long Island and contains groundwater that is up to thousands of years old and in many places of pristine quality. This …
Long Island Hydrogeologic Units | U.S. Geological Survey - USGS.gov
2017年5月30日 · Beneath the Magothy aquifer is the Cretaceous Lloyd Aquifer, which is separated from the overlying Magothy aquifer by the Raritan clay, which is a confining unit. A …
Environment | Suffolk County Water Authority - SCWA
Lloyd – is the largely untapped layer which contains the oldest water, some of which has been held in the Aquifer System for more than 5,000 years. The Authority has 3 Lloyd wells. The …
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City of Long Beach
The Lloyd Aquifer is the purest, deepest and most limited aquifer serving Long Island. Long Beach relies solely on water pumped from the Lloyd, to meet the needs of 34,000 residents.