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6 <br /> Principal components of the groundwater <br /> system in the Piedmont Province of North Carolina <br /> (from Flamed and Daniel,1992) <br /> �.. rrwi rei. <br /> ZONE ,1 , _, OU�D61i <br /> e <br /> NMCIIS®9®NOLS( �` <br /> SNBTJIMR <br /> j SISIICfURE <br /> , <br /> V. Orange County Geology, <br /> cont. <br /> B. Bedrock <br /> Groundwater in bedrock limited by the number and <br /> characteristics of the fractures present. <br /> Bottom Line: Majority of groundwater <br /> storage occurs in the regolith, but <br /> water supply wells utilize water located <br /> in bedrock fractures ("pipelines"). <br /> 4 <br />