This Earth Cache is in the historic down town of Abita Springs, Louisiana.
Of course as time goes by nothing seems to stay the same. But Mother Earth has continued to bless this area with many artizean water wells. Which is the reason for this cache.
To Claim this cache you must do two things,
One - Take your picture with your GPS at the well head of Abita's Springs. Post this picture on your log at the time of your log.
Two - Estimate the time it takes the well to flow one gallon of water. To do this you need to plug one side of the well with your hand and fill a container of your choice from the other side :) From this exercise calculate the estimated time it takes to fill the gallon container.
EMAIL the answer with all calculations to me.
DO NOT POST THE ANSWER ON LINE! PLEASE!
Now while your in town there are many things to do and see.. two museums - the UCM and the Abita Trail Head Museum… Free tours are given at the Abita Beer Company, The Abita Springs Opry, Non profit organization dedicated to the preservation of Louisiana “roots” music. Concerts are performed six times a year in the Abita Springs Town Hall, and of course there is the St Tammany Trace that bike, hike, walk or run trail that runs from Slidell to, Lacombe to, Mandeville and then North to Abita Springs, then on to Covington. WOW, I am tired and haven’t rode it all the way yet. ? And of course Geocaching too ?
Example of an aquifer system with artesian wells
The diagram below shows the aquifer system near Brunswick, Georgia, as it was before development of the Floridan aquifer system in the 1880’s. The aquifer system was under artesian conditions and the pressure in the aquifer system was great enough that wells flowed at land surface throughout most of the coastal area. In some areas, pressure was high enough to elevate water to multi-story buildings without pumping. The artesian water level (potentiometric surface) was about 65 feet above sea level at Brunswick. Ground water discharged naturally to springs, rivers, ponds, wetlands, and other surface-water bodies and to the Atlantic Ocean. Nowadays, ground-water pumping has caused the water level in the aquifer to decline throughout the entire coastal area, with the result that some artesian aquifers no longer have enough pressure to cause a well to naturally flow to the land surface.
