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Publications & Resources
Fact Sheets
- Facts about the ESVA Groundwater
- Paleochannels (2016)
- Saltwater Intrusion (2016)
- NGWA Sustainable GW Resources
- Even more resources and reports can be found here.
Upcoming Rules, Regulations, Guidance
Ongoing USGS Salt Water Intrusion Research
Presentations
- 2023 NASA Update on Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances – David Liu, PE. Medical and Environmental Management Division, Goddard Space Flight Center-Wallops Flight Facility
- 2021 Well & Septic Forum Q&A Playlist, October 2021 – Questions posed at the 2021 Well & Septic Forum, hosted by the Eastern Shore Ground Water Committee, featuring Eastern Shore Ground Water Committee’s Consultant from ARCADIS, Britt McMillan, and Virginia Department of Health’s Eastern Shore Chief Operating Officer and Environmental Health Manager, John Richardson.
- Groundwater Level Trends on the ESVA, June 2020 – Britt McMillan, GWC Consultant, ARCADIS [of particular interest would be Slide 9 (location of the observation wells relative to permitted withdrawals) and Slide 24 (summary of groundwater level trend – rising water level, falling water level, or no-change)]
- Eastern Shore Groundwater Recharge – Britt McMillan, GWC Consultant, ARCADIS
- Historical Groundwater Use – Britt McMillan, GWC Consultant, ARCADIS
- Basis for Marshall Johnson Grapeland Requested Withdrawal – Britt McMillan, GWC Consultant, ARCADIS
- Groundwater on the Eastern Shore, a presentation for the Master Gardeners 2020 Course, Jessica Steelman, A-NPDC
- General Permit Surficial Aquifer Update, Britt McMillan, ARCADIS
- Groundwater Protection Plan Update, Britt McMillan, ARCADIS
- 2020 State Plan Update, VDEQ
- Water Quality Degradation During Times of Building Disuse, Jessica Steelman, A-NPDC, Informational Presentation for Towns, Counties, and Localities
- Hydrogeologic Framework of the Virginia Eastern Shore, Randy McFarland, USGS, Presentation to GWC
- Draft Permit Summary – Poultry Facilities, Britt McMillan, ARCADIS
- How Paleoclimate Sculped the Supply of Freshwater on the Virginia Eastern Shore, Randy McFarland, USGS, Presentation to UVA (starts and 2 minutes)
- What’s New in Water Supply, 2019 Environment Virginia symposium, Scott Kudlas, VDEQ
- ESVA Sustainable Groundwater Use, 2019 Environment Virginia Symposium, Britt McMillan, ARCADIS
- Summary of the 2019 Annual VDEQ Groundwater Stakeholder Information Exchange, Britt McMillan, ARCADIS
- Presentations from the 2019 VDEQ event: 2018 Piney Point Declines ES Poultry Update_20181113 VCPM Model Maintenance VESM Annual Report DEQ_2018-11-13_Eastern-Shore_v3 GWforum_HRPDC_Nov2018 GW Forum Update Nov 18
- 2018 EM-Logging Results (Salt Water Intrusion Monitoring), Randy McFarland, USGS
- 2018 EM-Logging Results (Salt Water Intrusion Monitoring), Sam Caldwell, USGS
- Poultry GW VDEQ Applications Summary 2018-08-21, Britt McMillan, ARCADIS
- Groundwater Level Summary (April 2018, Britt McMillan, ARCADIS)
- Coming Soon: “Use of the Columbia Aquifer” – Supporting reference: “Nitrates in Irrigation Water: An Asset for Crop Production” from Texas A&M AgriLife Ext
- Maintaining a Sustainable Groundwater Resource (February 2018, Britt McMillan, ARCADIS)
- VDEQ Groundwater Withdrawal Permit Program (January 2018, Andrew Hammond)
- USGS Electro-Magnetic Logging (Salt Water Intrusion Research) Presentation (2017, R. McFarland)
- VDEQ USGS 2017 Eastern Shore Study (2017, R. McFarland)
- Groundwater 101 (2016, S. Alexander)
- Our ES Ground Water Presentation Series – Part 4: How safe is our ground water & are there ways we can protect it?, Britt McMillan, October 2011
- Our ES Ground Water Presentation Series – Part 1: Where is the ground water & how much is there?, Britt McMillan, June 2010
- Sustainable Ground Water Plan Update, Britt McMillan, June 2009
- Ground Water Availability and Resource Protection, Britt McMillan, February 2009
Publications
- Preferential Use of the Surficial Aquifer Statement of Principle (2022)
- GW Management Plan Update – Britt McMillan, GWC Consultant, ARCADIS
- Onsite Sewage Systems: Background, Framework, and Solutions (2018, William and Mary Law School, VIMS, Sea Grant)
- USGS – Groundwater-Quality Data and Regional Trends in the Virginia Coastal Plain 1906-2007
- USGS – Understanding Nutrients in the Chesapeake Bay Watershed and Implications for Management and Restoration – the Eastern Shore (2015)
- Overview of Ground Water on the Eastern Shore (2015)
- USGS – Land Subsidence and Relative Sea Level Rise in the Southern Chesapeake Bay Region (2014)
- Summary of Safe Drinking Water Act Community Water System Monitoring Requirements, May 2011
- Simulation of Groundwater-Level and Salinity Changes in the Eastern Shore, Virginia, USGS 2009
- Saltwater intrusion into the freshwater aquifer in the eastern shore of Virginia: a reconnaissance electrical resistivity survey (1999, Nowroozi, et. al.)
Videos
Oysters and Nutrient Removal
Eastern Shore Virginia Department of Environmental Quality (VDEQ) Permitted Ground Water Withdrawals
Eastern Shore Water Supply Protection and Management Plans (2011)
- Water Supply Plans Summary Presentation (PDF 4.1 MB)
- Accomack County Water Supply Plan (PDF 25.5 MB)
- Northampton County Water Supply Plan (PDF 35.9 MB)
- Town of Chincoteague Water Supply Plan (PDF 1.7 MB)
Eastern Shore Ground Water Resource Protection and Preservation Plan (2013)
Captains Cove Ground Water and Residential Water Supply Report (February 2023)
- “Brief History of Captain’s Cove Waterworks, from the VDH, Drinking Water Perspective.” Dixon W. Tucker, PE, District Engineer. Va. Dept. of Health / Office of Drinking Water (2016)
- “Captains Cove Ground Water and Residential Water Supply Report” Eastern Shore of Virginia Ground Water Committee (February 2023)
- A-NPDC Ground Water Committee – Captain’s Cove Survey Concerning Residential Water (2022)
- Public Comment for Groundwater Withdrawal in Accomack, VA – GW0044601. John J. Aulbach II, P.E. President, Aqua Virginia, Inc. (March 2023)
Groundwater Quality Assessment of Private Well Water in Cheapside and East Horntown, Virginia (2013)
Technical Analysis and Justification for Ground Water Ordinances on the Eastern Shore of Virginia (Jan 2001)
- Full Report (PDF 3.61 MB)
- Executive Summary (PDF 0.14 MB)
- Cover and Table of Contents (PDF 0.08 MB)
- Section 1 (PDF 0.76 MB)
- Section 2 (PDF 1.82 MB)
- Section 3 through Section 5 (PDF 0.38 MB)
Regulations
Private Well Construction, Sewage Handling Regulations
- Virginia Department of Environmental Quality
Permit Information and an automated Permit Expert that will let you know which permits you may need.