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Report	Maps / Figures
Annapolis County
Groundwater Resources and Hydrogeology of the Annapolis-Cornwallis Valley, NS (Trescott, 1968) (PDF:7.1mb)	Map 1 (PDF:3.5mb) Map 2 (PDF:2.5mb) Map 3 (PDF:3mb) Map 4 (PDF:446k) Map 5 (PDF:315k) Map 6 (PDF:194k)
Groundwater Resources and Hydrogeology of the Western Annapolis Valley, NS (Trescott, 1969) (PDF:2.1mb)	Map (PDF:2.3mb) Figure 1 (PDF:179k)
Groundwater Use Survey, Annapolis Valley NS (CBCL, 2009) (PDF:2.6mb)
Hydrogeological atlas of the Annapolis Valley (Rivard et al., 2007)
Canadian groundwater inventory: regional hydrogeological characterization of the Annapolis Valley aquifers (Rivard et al., 2012)
Groundwater Resources for Irrigation Use at Nictaux West, Nova Scotia (Lin, 1971) (PDF:921k)	Map 1 (PDF:171k) Map 2 (PDF:124k)
Antigonish County
Water Resources - Strait of Canso (Strait of Canso Environment Committee, 1975) (PDF:13.4mb)	Map (PDF:36.8mb)
Cape Breton County
Regional Water Resources Sydney Coal Field, NS (Baechler, 1986) (PDF:4.8mb)	Map 1 (PDF:1mb) Map 2 (PDF:2.8mb)
Colchester County
A Groundwater Report on the Nova Scotia Department of Lands and Forests Complex at Shubenacadie (Hennigar, 1970) (PDF:8.3mb)
Groundwater Resources Shubenacadie - Stewiacke River Basin (Lay & Nolan, White and Assoc., 1979) (PDF:2.4mb)
Groundwater Survey - Field Investigations Shubenacadie - Stewiake River Basin, Nova Scotia (Lay, 1979) (PDF:2.6mb)
Hydrogeology of the Lower Musquodoboit River Valley, Nova Scotia (Pinder, 1968) (PDF:1.9mb)	Map (PDF:335k)
Hydrogeology of the Musquodobit River Valley (Lin, 1970) (PDF:2.6mb)	Map (PDF:376k)
Hydrogeology of the Truro Area (Hennigar, 1972) (PDF:4.9mb)	Map 1 (PDF:4.1mb) Map 2 (PDF:1.4mb) Figure 1 (PDF:243k) Figure 2 (PDF:242k) Figure 3 (PDF:140k)
Report of the Geology and Hydrology of the Faser Brook Watershed (Hennigar, 1966) (PDF:4.1mb)	Map 1 (PDF:17.3mb) Map 2 (PDF:2.6mb) Map 3 (PDF:18.2mb) Map 4 (PDF:3.9mb) Map 5 (PDF:1.2mb) Map 6 (PDF:846k)
Groundwater Survey Brookfield Area (Hennigar, 1968) (PDF:2.3mb)
Groundwater Survey Tatamagouche Area (Hennigar, 1968) (PDF:922k)
Pumping Tests Malagash and Fraser Brook (Hennigar, 1966) (PDF:12.3mb)
Cumberland County
Regional Water Resources Cumberland County, NS (Vaughan and Somers, 1980) (PDF:4.7mb)	Map (PDF:2.2mb)
Hydrogeology of Kelley River IHD Benchmark Basin, Cumberland County, Ns (Hennigar, 1974) (PDF:1.6mb)	Map (PDF:1.6mb)
Pumping Tests Malagash and Fraser Brook (Hennigar, 1966) (PDF:12.3mb)
Digby County
Groundwater Resources and Hydrogeology of the Annapolis-Cornwallis Valley, NS (Trescott, 1968) (PDF:7.1mb)	Map 1 (PDF:3.5mb) Map 2 (PDF:2.5mb) Map 3 (PDF:3mb) Map 4 (PDF:446k) Map 5 (PDF:315k) Map 6 (PDF:194k)
Groundwater Resources and Hydrogeology of the Western Annapolis Valley, NS (Trescott, 1969) (PDF:2.1mb)	Map (PDF:2.3mb) Figure 1 (PDF:179k)
Hydrogeology and Groundwater Flow Systems of the Smiths Cove Area, NS (Lin, 1975) (PDF:3.1mb)	Map 1 (PDF:390k) Map 2 (PDF:617k)
Regional Water Resources of Southwestern NS (Porter, 1982) (PDF:3.7mb)	Map (PDF:747k)
Guysborough County
Water Resources - Strait of Canso (Strait of Canso Environment Committee, 1975) (PDF:13.4mb)	Map (PDF:36.8mb)
Halifax County
Groundwater Quality Survey Birch Cove and Sackville Areas (Cross and Woodlock, 1976) (PDF:90mb)
Groundwater Resources Shubenacadie - Stewiacke River Basin (Lay & Nolan, White and Assoc., 1979) (PDF:2.4mb)
Groundwater Survey - Field Investigations Shubenacadie - Stewiake River Basin, Nova Scotia (Lay, 1979) (PDF:2.6mb)
Hydrogeology of the Lower Musquodoboit River Valley, Nova Scotia (Pinder, 1968) (PDF:1.9mb)	Map (PDF:335k)
Hydrogeology of the Musquodobit River Valley (Lin, 1970) (PDF:2.6mb)	Map (PDF:376k)
Report on Test Drilling Program, Upper Lawrencetown, Halifax County (Cross, 1980) (PDF:6.1mb)
A Study of Groundwater Discharge as Reflected in the Hardness of Total Runoff (Pinder, 1967) (PDF:916k)
Hants County
Groundwater Resources and Hydrogeology of the Windsor-Hansport-Walton Area, NS (Trescott, 1969) (PDF:2.7mb)	Map (PDF:2.1mb) Figure 1 (PDF:149k)
Groundwater Resources Shubenacadie - Stewiacke River Basin (Lay & Nolan, White and Assoc., 1979) (PDF:2.4mb)
Groundwater Survey - Field Investigations Shubenacadie - Stewiake River Basin, Nova Scotia (Lay, 1979) (PDF:2.6mb)
Groundwater Survey Falmouth Area (Hennigar, 1965) (PDF:874k)	Map (PDF:267k)
Inverness County
Geological, Geochemical and Groundwater Investigations of Southwestern Inverness and Richmond Counties, Nova Scotia (Shea & Wallace, 1962) (PDF:8.2mb)	Map 1 (PDF:208k) Map 2 (PDF:881k) Map 3 (PDF:254k) Map 4 (PDF:189k) Map 5 (PDF:299k)
Water Resources - Strait of Canso (Strait of Canso Environment Committee, 1975) (PDF:13.4mb)	Map (PDF:36.8mb)
Report on the Groundwater Survey, Inverness, NS (Pinder 1966) (PDF:1.8mb)
Kings County
Groundwater Development Annapolis Valley Regional Industrial Park, Kentville, NS (Callan, 1978) (PDF:1.9mb)
Groundwater Resources and Hydrogeology of the Annapolis-Cornwallis Valley, NS (Trescott, 1968) (PDF:7.1mb)	Map 1 (PDF:3.5mb) Map 2 (PDF:2.5mb) Map 3 (PDF:3mb) Map 4 (PDF:446k) Map 5 (PDF:315k) Map 6 (PDF:194k)
Hydrogeology of the Sharpe Brook IHD Watershed, Kings Count, Nova Scotia (Trescott, 1969) (PDF:2.6mb)	Map (PDF:605k)
Piezometer Nests and Groundwater Flow near Berwick, Kings County, Nova Scotia (Trescott, 1970) (PDF:1.3mb)	Figure 1 (PDF:171k) Figure 2 (PDF:53k)
Groundwater Use Survey, Annapolis Valley NS (CBCL, 2009) (PDF:2.6mb)
Hydrogeological atlas of the Annapolis Valley (Rivard et al., 2007)
Canadian groundwater inventory: regional hydrogeological characterization of the Annapolis Valley aquifers (Rivard et al., 2012)
Trends in Groundwater Chemistry Wolfville - Berwick Area (Hennigar, 1964) (PDF:1.2mb)
Wolfville Aquifer Evaluation (Trescott, 1969) (PDF:4.7mb)
Wolfville Six Month Pumping Test (Trescott, 1970) (PDF:3.7mb)
Lunenburg County
No reports available
Pictou County
Groundwater Survey for Three Brooks Pictou County Nova Scotia (Vaughan, 1976) (PDF:2.1mb)	Map (PDF:167k) Figure 1 (PDF:51k) Figure 2 (PDF:102k)
Groundwater Survey of the Plymouth Area Pictou County, Nova Scotia (Cross and Rushton, 1976) (PDF:2.9mb)
Regional Water Resources Pictou County, NS (Gibb and McMullin, 1980) (PDF:4.4mb)	Map 1 (PDF:489k) Map 2 (PDF:1.9mb)
Groundwater Survey Town of Pictou (Hennigar, 1968).pdf (PDF:1mb)	Appendices (PDF:461k)
Queens County
Town of Liverpool Water Survey Summer Works Program (Cameron, 1977) (PDF:2.9mb)
Richmond County
Geological, Geochemical and Groundwater Investigations of Southwestern Inverness and Richmond Counties, Nova Scotia (Shea & Wallace, 1962) (PDF:8.2mb)	Map 1 (PDF:208k) Map 2 (PDF:881k) Map 3 (PDF:254k) Map 4 (PDF:189k) Map 5 (PDF:299k)
Water Resources - Strait of Canso (Strait of Canso Environment Committee, 1975) (PDF:13.4mb)	Map (PDF:36.8mb)
Shelburne County
Regional Water Resources of Southwestern NS (Porter, 1982) (PDF:3.7mb)	Map (PDF:747k)
Groundwater Surve - Town of Shelburne (NS Department of Mines, 1965) (PDF:30.5mb)
Victoria County
No reports available
Yarmouth County
Groundwater Supply Survey, Comeau's Hill, Yarmouth County, Nova Scotia (Cameron, 1978) (PDF:5.3mb)
Regional Water Resources of Southwestern NS (Porter, 1982) (PDF:3.7mb)	Map (PDF:747k)
Sable Island
Water Resources and Environmental Geology of Sable Island, NS (Hennigar, 1976) (PDF:4.2mb)
Groundwater Resources of Sable Island, Nova Scotia (Kennedy et al., 2014)
All Regions
Nova Scotia Water Resources Study (Jones, 1967) (PDF:37.9mb)
Groundwater Hydrographs in NS 1965-81(McIntosh, 1984) (PDF:7.2mb)
Notes on the Hydrogeology of Nova Scotia (Lin et al, 1971).pdf (PDF:1.2mb)