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Table 3--Analyses of water from typical wells in Marshall County, Kansas.

Well
Number		 Location Depth
(feet)		 Geologic
source		 Date of Collection Temperature
(deg. F)		 Dissolved
solids		 Silica
(SiO2)		 Iron
(Fe)		 Calcium
(Ca)		 Magnesium
(Mg)		 Sodium and potassium
(Na + K)		 Bicarbonate
(HCO3)		 Sulfate
(SO4)		 Chloride
(Cl)		 Fluoride
(F)		 Nitrate
(NO3)		 Hardness as CaCO3
Total Carbonate Noncarbonate
  T. 1 S., R. 6 E.
1-6-1dd SE SE Sec. 1 80.8 Glacial sand Dec. 11, 1951 53 364 32 0.86 80 10 31 298 8.2 14 0.1 42 240 240 0
  T. 1 S., R. 7 E.
1-7-14db NW SE Sec. 14 32 Alluvium Oct. 2, 1951   648 31 0.1 137 46 12 537 60 17 0.1 37 531 440 91
  T. 1 S., R. 8 E.
1-8-21dd SE SE Sec. 21 71.2 Glacial sand, gravel Dec. 14, 1951 53 544 22 9.8 111 28 37 393 12 43 0.1 97 392 322 70
  T. 1 S., R. 9 E.
1-9-1db NW SE Sec. 1 83 Limestone Sept. 5, 1949   2,082   0.53 240 172 71 368 1,083 19 1.3 2.2 1,306 302 1,004
  T. 1 S., R. 10 E.
1-10-35cd SE SW Sec. 35 64.7 Glacial sand, gravel Dec. 12, 1951 54 639 22 1.6 75 24 123 450 154 12 0.8 6.2 286 286 0
  T. 2 S., R. 6 E.
2-6-3bc SW NW Sec. 3 60 Barneston limestone and Doyle shale. Dec. 11, 1951 54 589 13 1.8 100 56 30 444 158 9 0.2 3.7 480 364 116
2-6-35aa NE NE Sec. 35 52 Barneston limestone Dec. 11, 1951   2,495 25 4 416 175 103 356 1,538 61 1.1 1 1,757 292 1,465
  T. 2 S., R. 7 E.
2-7-33db NW SE Sec. 33 24 Alluvium Dec. 11, 1951 55 3,887 31 1 674 250 175 618 599 770 0.1 1,084 2,709 507 2,202
2-7-35aa NE NE Sec. 35 114 Barneston limestone Dec. 11, 1951   409 18 0.29 72 27 40 346 56 23 0.2 2.7 290 284 6
  T. 2 S., R. 8 E.
2-8-35dc SW SE Sec. 35 77.6 Wreford limestone Dec. 12, 1951 55 1,037 19 0.98 212 49 60 425 467 13 0.7 7.5 730 348 382
  T. 2 S., R. 9 E.
2-9-21* Sec. 21   Glacial sand, gravel Jan. 16, 1952   983   0.08 134 54 99 376 387 32 0.6 17 556 308 248
2-9-32dd SE SE Sec. 32 108.5 Beattie limestone Dec. 12, 1951 54 3,113 21 32 372 220 315 470 1,689 264 1 0.44 1,832 286 1,446
  T. 2 S., R. 10 E.
2-10-24bc1 SW NW Sec. 24 59 Glacial gravel Feb. 9, 1948   575   0.05 107 36 40 425 32 60 0.3 44 415 348 67
2-10-24bc2 SW NW Sec. 24 57 Glacial gravel Dec. 4, 1948   589   0.03 104 38 52 438 40 60 0.3 53 416 359 57
  T. 3 S., R. 6 E.
3-6-6cd SE SW Sec. 6 74.7 Winfield limestone Dec. 11, 1951 54 1,388 21 10 211 85 94 383 115 173 0.2 500 876 314 562
  T. 3 S., R. 8 E.
3-8-36-cd SE SW Sec. 36 40.6 Beattie limestone Dec. 12, 1951 55 672 11 0.39 92 30 107 427 205 12 0.3 4.9 353 350 3
  T. 3 S., R. 9 E.
3-9-9bc SE NW Sec. 9 64.8 Grenola limestone Dec. 12, 1951 54 1,080 16 19 208 54 63 321 551 27 0.5 2.4 741 263 478
  T. 4 S., R. 6 E.
4-6-16dd1 SE SE Sec. 16 55 Alluvium Nov. 30, 1951   469   0.07 121 23 8.3 407 51 14 0.2 9.7 396 334 62
4-6-17dc SW SE Sec. 17 90 Terrace Dec. 13, 1951 54 193 18 0.29 38 10 12 137 22 7 0.2 19 136 112 24
  T. 4 S., R. 7 E.
4-7-20cd1 SE SW Sec. 20 46 Alluvium Jan. 18, 1952   541   0.07 121 26 11 339 98 17 0.2 36 409 278 131
4-7-21cd SE SW Sec. 21 32.4 Terrace Dec. 13, 1951 55 1,074 12 3.2 187 66 82 403 321 137 0.4 71 738 330 408
  T. 4 S., R. 8 E.
4-8-3cd SE SW Sec. 3 75.1 Wreford limestone Dec. 12, 1951 54 2137 16 30 346 166 66 249 1,400 18 0.9 0.66 1,545 204 1,341
  T. 4 S., R. 9 E.
4-9-16aa2 NE NE Sec. 16 104 Glacial gravel Mar. 22, 1950   342   0.05 78 15 27 321 30 12 0.2 3.6 256 256 0
  T. 4 S., R. 10 E.
4-10-8cb NW SW Sec. 8 40 Alluvium Dec.14, 1951 52 587 27 0.11 92 20 103 527 38 44 0.1 2.5 312 312 0
4-10-11da NE SE Sec. 11 50 Glacial sand, gravel Dec. 13, 1950   374   3.4 85 15 37 398 10 11 0.2 0.4 274 274 0
  T. 5 S., R. 6 E.
5-6-12dd SE SE Sec. 12 72 Barneston limestone Dec. 13, 1951 54 983 19 0.47 163 35 107 512 31 48 0.1 328 550 420 130
  T. 5 S., R. 7 E.
5-7-11aa** NE NE Sec. 11   Terrace Mar. 22, 1951   813   0.37 141 35 55 282 233 45 0.2 97 496 231 265
  T. 5 S., R. 9 E.
5-9-22cc SW SW Sec. 22 92 Red Eagle limestone Dec. 12, 1951 55 1,908 20 0.14 422 72 70 412 1,013 37 0.5 71 1,349 338 1,011
5-9-24ba NE NW Sec. 24 86 Grenola limestone Dec. 12, 1951 54 387 14 2.1 105 16 18 399 23 8 0.1 6.2 328 327 1
  T. 5 S., R. 10 E.
5-10-26dd SE SE Sec. 26 225 Glacial sand, gravel Dec. 12, 1951   462 18 0.16 78 24 63 434 47 15 0.2 3 293 293 0

Analyzed by H. A. Stoltenberg.
Dissolved constituents given in parts per million. [One part per million is equivalent to one pound of substance per million pounds of water or 8.33 pounds per million gallons of water.]
*Composite sample from wells 2-9-21ab and 2-9-21ac.
**Composite sample from wells 5-7-11aa1 and 5-7-11aa2.

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