What to Know
The transmissivity and storativity of the aquifers in Minnesota vary widely throughout the state having values that commonly differ by one to two orders of magnitude.
NWATS has conducted over 20 aquifer tests throughout the state in an area that comprises Brown County in the south to Lake of the Woods County in the north, bounded from Meeker to Cass County in the east, to Wilkin and Polk County in the west.
The figure to the left shows the location of each of these tests along with the resulting transmissivity and storativity values of the respective aquifers.