Fresh Water Supply for a Village Surrounded by Salt Water, Point Hope, Alaska.

• Main Authors: McFadden,Terry, Collins,Charles
• Other Authors: COLD REGIONS RESEARCH AND ENGINEERING LAB HANOVER N H
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: 1978
• Subjects: Hydrology; Limnology and Potamology; *AQUIFERS; *WATER SUPPLIES; BACTERIA; ALASKA; GROUND WATER; SNOW; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; VILLAGES; CHUKCHI SEA; Chukchi Sea; Point Hope; Spit The; The Spit; Chukchi; permafrost; Alaska
• Online Access: http://www.dtic.mil/docs/citations/ADA054147; http://oai.dtic.mil/oai/oai?&verb=getRecord&metadataPrefix=html&identifier=ADA054147

Point Hope is a village located on a narrow gravel spit extending eight miles out into the Chukchi Sea. Studies to locate an adequate fresh water source for the village have yielded two possible supplies which will fill the needs of the village. The first is a ground water supply existing on top of...