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s riei of articles prepared by
L.att Eord of Water ' Cem-
rtera for the purpose I fam-
..'jsg the people of North Ca-
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i.j "- TI3 COASTAL KAIIT .' :".
Ta understand the occurence of
v ' ""round waWr ta the Coastal
X. ; 't la necessary to go back
E, niiUiona of yean Into the
. g- ,io!cal history of the region
hack to a time whan ocaaa waves
crathad athora near tba present
day citlea of Weldon, Infield, Koo
ky Mount Smithfleld, Southern
Pines and ftocklngham. ' ;
Geological evidence shows that
the tet covered thia area not once,
but several timet, creeping inland
' for a time to gnaw at the higher
land matt and then elowly retreat
ing. Weathering and erosion pro-
cesttt alto carved the land, dump-
- lng great, quantities of tedlmentt
Into the streams, these tedlmentt
and those accumulated by the en
croaching tea were deposited at the
waters receded eastward.
At the ocean advanced and re
treated these deposits grew deep
er and deeper gradually forming a
wedge like formation with its thin
: edge lying near the western limit of
the Coastal Plain and its trlcker
part lying- along-the coast - -I
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tact that these deposits are known
to be almost two miles thick en
North Carolina's outer banks .They
lie, , layer upon layer atop a solid
matt of, bedrock that rises slowly
toward the. west where it finally
reaches the surface to form the in
distinct eastern edge of the Pied
mont '.?-.;fe-.-V- "'i-:K'VV:i'
These sedlmentsere composed of
consolidated j and ' Unconsolidated
beds of sand, clay and limestone
sloping gently , toward tba coast at
a rata, slightly greater: than the
slope of the land surface. As a re
sult the formations expoeed at the
surface at Inland places are Iniriad
progressively deeper to the east
These layers of material forming
the upper crust of the Coastal Plain
will absorb ahd in turn yield much
than wuT the older formations of
grester quantities of rain water
tne necmoni ana Mountain regions
of the ttate.--.-';;:,:.;, ' .
There are. a. number of factors
that contribute to this condition
the predomnately ' f 1 a t sandy
ground and the presence of numer
ous permeable sand and limestone
The high water bearing quality of
these beds and the existence of
frequent clay formations account
for the fact that artesian wells and
springs are. fairly common- in the
eastern -counties'. "Underground wat
er is confined to the porous sand
erosive Jorce can be een in :tne- aqd. limestone layers between beds.
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of clay, which it lest permeable. It
Is contained therefore. In a tabular,
nearly horizontal reservoir which
extends in all directions.
Water enters the artesian oeds
where they are exposed at the sur
face and moves downward toward
the coast, remaining confined be
tween two beds of clay. If water In
the form of rain it continuously
applied at the intake area it will
create considerable pressure on the
water that it trapped between the
layers of clay many miles downhill
from the Intake point Drill through
the clay and into the water bearing
strata and normally you will have
an artesian well. Artesian springs
occur where geologic conditions
permit the trapped water to escape
through some natural outlet
' There it a popular belief that atv
tesian well and spring owners in
the Coastal Plain are indebted to
the mountains of western North
Carolina for their water.:": Such is
not the case. "All water derived
from artesian sources in the Coastal
Plain-entered the ground at some
Intake point lit the Coastal Plata
usually west of the discharge "or
withdrawal point.) pjj
.Thus the amount of rainfall in the
Piedmont and Mountains hat lit
tle effect on artesian formations in
the east On the other hand, a sus
tained drought - along the western
edge of the Coastal Plain -could con
ceivably -have drastic! eIfeetaon ar
tesian wells and springs located. in
the counties- nearer the
this lack ct 1 "th jo. t-iite
haant been t i, tl.re hat
little Jut vk)!bii for seeking fr
et least net la Ce past
In recent years thia situation hat
undergone a alow, but dramaJ.c
change. T.ti ... growing saunki
populations a? J the all out Qutwt
for new 1 ' have fuddwnly
spotlighted t e inadequacy of many
surface wa'-.r a Tplie. Towns wU
substantial ground water supplies
have seen industries snap at-the
baft While other towns, lacking
knowledge of their ground water
resources, have encountered con
siderably lest enthusiasm - when
their best offers have amounted to
limited supplies of surface .water.
'Another factor in the recent trans
formation hat been the tremendous
upsurge of interest in the use of ir
rigation. Acreage cuts have made it
necessary for farmers to get higher
yields on lest land. Irrigation turns
the trick. Even aside from thia use,
we cant overlook the fact that irri
gation holds a tremendous appeal
fof the, farmer who knows what a
drought can do to many months of
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hard work. '.
Geologists agree that only a very
small amount' of 'the ground water
available inttje s Coastal Plain ta
now. being used. There are two
main .reasons for this. ; Foremost
perhaps 'Jthd. staple fact that the
Ponds and streams supply most of
the water for Irrigation in the Coat'
tai Plain 'today. .Unfortunately; in
many aeeae '.the ndsare inade
quate and other surface water sour
ces nave been made undesirable by
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Kealiring. these facts, maay farm
en are turning torihe virtually un
Upped'jandergrouiid 'reservoir' to
meet their 'irrigation needs; There
it ample, reasonjo believe, thejj will
not' be disappointed, if th'elr plans
axe based on sound geologic and by
drologic information.
, The chief water bearing strata of
the, Coastal Plain- sand and lime
The aecond reason is that citizens.
or tne area generally ao not unaer-
stand the availability of ground
water and are not familiar with the
means of obtaining it
. No one blame the citizens for
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demand for water is far oelow the atone have a far greater tateral
amount of ground, water avaUable.! tnan oo tne roc
The aecond reason it that citizena '.Piedmont ahc? Mountains but the
eastern formations are by no means
uniform. For instance, wells at JKin
tton, New. Bent and Bichlands each
draw: water front different, strata
illustrating one of the major prob
lems encountered by geologists try
ing to obtain sufficient data to de
termine the depth, thickness and
composition of each stratum,
(rbne constant threat in many coas
tal counties it that ot salt water en
croachment ' Water that it initially
withdrawn from artesian beds hat
been in storage for a relatively
long period of time. Aa, more wat
er la withdrawn the water level
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The Christmas present
vntii the happiest future is
a 'savings account in this
jbanlr!' ' It can get a young
person started toward
worthwhile goals, can teach
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invaluable lessons in thrift
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and systematic saving.
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You can start a gift savings
account with practically .
any amount you wish. It
is one gift that is worth ,
MORE, each year, as accu-
mutated interest of ZVi
piles up.
.' g of a practice that
a ticreaa the amount of water
. t can be wiUidrawn.
CeoloQlsts have divided the Coas
ud Tiiiin into four-relatively S-a-::st.i
ground water regions based
'.argeiy on water yield and quality.
:ie first region is a belt, ranging
from 20 to SO. miles In width, run
ning In a northeasterly direction
treat Scotland County in the south
up through Northampton County
on the Virginia line. The second
region It a somewhat larger belt
running from Robeson and Colum
bus In the south through fiertford
and Gates far the north. '
The third region is composed of
the ' coastal counties" from Wash
ington and Hyde south to New Han
over" and . Brunswick while - the
fourth region embraces the remain
ing counties in the northeastern
corner of the state and portions of
Brunswick, Pender and New Han
over at the" southern tip of the
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Uround water quality is generally
good in the twoSa on-coastal regions,
though thereN la . 8. notable . variety
in yield.. WHa , can seWonvbe ex
pect to produce more .than SO gal
lons per minute in the regUui 'bor
dering the Piedmont hut' in the,-belt
that extends through -the. central
Coastal Plain counties yields of 900
to 700 gallons per, minute are not
uncommon and some completely de
veloped Wells exceed- 1,000 -gallons.
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