WELLS
433
240,000 and 260,000 gallons capacity have been constructed to catch
the water coming from springs. The water is soft. The borough owns
the springs and operates the plant.
Other communities.
Cementon, Egypt, Coplay, West Coplay, West
Catasauqua, North Catasauqua, Hokendauqua and Fullerton in Lehigh County and Northampton in Northampton County are supplied
by the Clear Springs Water Co. The main supply comes from Spring
Creek, but is supplemented by water from the Lehigh River. The company is the continuation of the water plant of the Crane Iron Works
started in 1839. It was sold to the present concern in 1905. The water
is fairly soft.
Individual
Wells
As discussed on preceding pages, the occurrence of underground
water varies in the different kinds of rocks. The presentation of
selected individual well records therefore may be misleading. Furthermore, complete records have been kept of few wells and the yield of
each well changes due to changes in the level of the water table and
other causes. Nevertheless, records are given. Many other similar
records might be obtained from well drillers and owners of properties.
No differences are recognized in the ground-water conditions in the
different formations of each type of rock, but conditions are different
in each type. So far as known the ground-water conditions are the
same in the Tomstown, Allentown, and Beekmantown limestones, they
are of anotlher kind in the Byram, Moravian Heights, and Pochuck
crystalline rocks, and still different in the Martinslburg shales and
slates.
Analyses of well water, although available, are not offered because
of the variations that occur in the water under different conditions,
such as varying rainfall, rate of pumping, methods of analysis, and
methods of reporting results. Chemical analyses are important only
for a specific time or a specific purpose.
Wells
OWWX
of
Lehigh
Cowdll
Location
Martinsburg
shale
Lehigh Community
Park -.-.I% miles northeast of Fogelsville ___
Lehigh Community
Park -.--1y4 miles northeast
of Fogelsville __
Fred Sterner .._.__._.____.___ Hucklebcmy
Ridge _-__--__-- _____..._
Trexler Game Preserve, CCC
Camp _._._._.___.__.._._.-____-_--- .._____ ---- ____- _......--..---Knerr Sisters _-_--_--__- _..___ West of Trexler Game Preserve _.__
Saucon Valley Country Club.Saucon
Gross Estate --_--- _____- ____- Saucon
Gross Estate ____________.____Saucon
Gross Estate _______.____.____S~ucon
Schick Farm ___._____________Saucon
C. A. Bock _._.______________ Saucon
Borough of Emmaus ___. ----Northc’ast
Borough of Emmaus _._._ -..Northeast
Limestones
Valley _______._____.____.____
Valley _________..._....______
Valley -- ____ _.__.._____.___.
Valley _-___-- _._.--...______.
Valley ------- __.__...._._._..
Vnllry .._-__---_-_-_- _._...._
of Emmaus . . . ..__-_.-.._
of Ernm~~x . . . . . . . . ..___.
Depth
feet
145
330
366
200
162
143
14s
2‘25
200
260
326
Depth to
water
kTe1
Yield
gal. a
min.
110
185
25
100
10
85
20
4
4
40
40
220
7
16
123
2w