Central Sands Aquifer

April 10th, 2014 | Posted in: Did You Know

The Central Sands Aquifer holds one of the world’s largest groundwater reserves. The aquifer averages 100 feet in depth.

Learn more:
For more information on Wisconsin Aquifers, please review this brochure: http://dnr.wi.gov/education/documents/groundwater/AquifersApril2006.pdf

Note:
Two studies of the Central Sands concludes that the Sands include parts of 8 Wisconsin Counties:

Most of Portage County
Most of Waushara County
The western three-quarters of Waupaca County
The NW two-thirds of Marquette County
The Eastern half of Adams County
The SE corner of Wood County
The SE corner of Marathon County
The SW corner of Shawano County – only the Smail study includes this portion of Shawano County

Sources:
Smail 2012
Kraft 2012