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14 . <br /> REPORTS: <br /> A USGS Water Resources Investigations Report(WRIR)will be prepared to summarize <br /> findings about ground-water availability and groin-water quality. These will be supported by <br /> map products in digital format that can be transferred to the County's ARCINFO-based <br /> Geographic Information System. An oral status report,supported by maps,graphs,and <br /> summaries of available data,will be presented to County staff and officials midway through the <br /> study. Status reports also will be made to the County's Water Resources Committee when <br /> requested- <br /> The WRIR will present findings related to the distribution of well yields within the county,as <br /> well as maps showing the relation of well yields to hydrogeologic units,hw=e traces, <br /> lineaments,and other geologic features that affect the distribution of well yield and grand-water <br /> availability. Other findings to be presented in this resort include ground-water use,locations of <br /> high-yield public-supply wells.and estimated losses associated with various wastewater <br /> treatment practices. <br /> The WRIR also will present findings related to ground-water quality and identified areas of <br /> ground-water boa. Water quality data will be statistically summarized. Maps showing <br /> water types and characteristics,known contamination sites.and potential contamination sites, <br /> also will be included. Water-quality data fmm samples collated as part of this study will be <br /> published in the U.S.Geological Survey's Annual Water-Resources Data Report. <br /> Additional products of the study will include maps and data bases in digital format that will <br /> be compatible with,and can be transferred to,the County's ARCIWO-based GIS(Geographic <br /> Information System). A GIS version of the watershed map in the USGS Phase I study will be <br /> prepared showing basins and sub-basins to which recharge estimates apply. The electronic data <br /> bases will include non-map products such as well inventories.iechargc duration tables and <br /> hydrographs of monthly recharge estimates. <br /> 10 <br />