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Timeline of Ground-Water Development, Water Quality, and Scientific Studies and State Legislation You can view important events concerning ground-water development, water quality, and scientific and state legislation in the study area. The links below show these events decade-by-decade.

Pre 1930s || 1930s || 1940s || 1950s || 1960s || 1970s || 1980s || 1990s || 2000s

Abbreviations used in the timeline:

  • mg/L - milligrams per liter
  • gal/d - gallons per day
  • Mgal/d - million gallon per day
  • µs/cm - microsiemens per centimeter @ 25oC (specific conductance)

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Last updated: 05/17/2004 07:56:00 AM

Information on this Web site come from "Coastal Ground Water at Risk - Saltwater Contamination at Brunswick, GA and Hilton Head Island, SC": U.S. Geological Survey Water Resources Investigations Report 01-4107, by Krause, R.E., and Clarke, J.S., 2001

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