APPRAISAL OF WATER 

RESOURCES IN THE HACKENSACK 

RIVER BASIN, NEW JERSEY 

By l. D. Carswell 

U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY 

Water-Resources Investigations 76-74 

Prepared in cooperation with 

NEW JERSEY DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL 

PROTECTION, DIVISION OF WATER RESOURCES 

June 1976 
UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Thomas s. Kleppe, Secretary 

GEOLOGICAL SURVEY 

Vincent E. McKelvey, Director 

For additional information write to: 

u.s. Geological Survey 

Rm. 420 Federal Bldg. 

P .. O .. Box 1238 

Trenton, N.J. 08607 
CONTENTS 

Abstract••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••····~··••••••••••••••••• 1 

Introduction•••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• 3 

Purpose and scope•••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• 3 

Location and extent of area...................................... 3 

Previous investigations.......................................... 3 

Acknowledgments........................................................................... 5 

Geography............................................................. 5 

Topography and drainage............................................. 5 

Climate..................................................... 6 

Geology. . • . • . • • • . • . • • • • • . • • . • • • . • • . • • . • • . . • . . • • • • . . . • • • . • • • • • . • . • . . • • • 7 

General features••••••e•••••••••••••••~·~~@~~•••~•••••••••••••••• 7 

Pre-Quaternary rock units•••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••§ 8 

Stockton Formation.......................................... 8 

Lockatong Formation••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••a•• 9 

Brunswick Formation......................................... 9 

Diabasee e • • • e • e 9 a e"" e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e eo o o o o o o o o o o o o = o o,: s;; lQ 

Quaternary deposits.............................................. 10 

Pleistocene deposits•••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• 10 

Holocene deposits••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• 12 

Hydrology•••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••=•••••c••s•*••s••••~ 12 

Surface water.................................................................... .. • 12 

Water utilization........................................... 14 

Water quality..................................................................... 16 

Ground water in consolidated rock.................................. 20 

Stockton and Lockatong Formations........................... 20 

Brunswick Formation •••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• s...... 20 

Occurrence and movement of ground water •••••••••••••••• 

Thickness and distribution of water-producing zones.... 21 

Yields and specific capacities of wells ••••••••••••••• s 29 

Water quality........................................................... 33 

Diabase .................. s••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• 35 

Ground water in unconsolidated deposits.......................... 36 

Summary and conclusions............................................... 37 

References. s. s............................................................................. 39 

ILLUSTRATIONS 

Figure 1., Map of New Jersey showing location of the Hackensack River 

basin and area covered by this report .................... . 4 

2., Well location map of the Hackensack River basin, New 

Jersey .......................................... s ••••••••• in pocket 

III 
ILLUSTRATIONS--Continued 

Page 

Fi~Jre 3. Geologic map of consolidated rocks units in Hackensack 

River basin, New Jersey ••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• in pocket 

4. Geologic section across the Hackensack Meadows area......... 11 

So Map showing the location of drainage and deltas formed 

during the retreat of the Wisconsin Glaciation............ 13 

6. Graphs showing precipitation at New Milford, and percent of 

precipitation occurring as combined runoff and diversion. 15 

7. Graphs showing precipitation and combined measured flow of 

the Hackensack River and Pascack Brook above Oradell 

Reservoir, diversion, and flow of the Hackensack River 

below Oradell Reservoir (at New Milford), 1951-66......... 17 

8. Graphs showing chloride content of water from Oradell 

Reservoir after filtration at New Milford, 1905-63........ 18 

9. Graphs showing comparison of temperature, precipitation, 

and chloride content of Hirshfield Brook, November and 

December 1964............................................. 19 

10. Graph showing relationship between flow and depth in pumping 

wells in major valleys.................................... 23 

11. Graph showing upward movement of water under nonpurnping 

conditions in three wells in the Hackensack and Pascack 

valleys. . . . . . . . . . . . . . • . . . . . . . . . . • . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24 

12. Graphs showing downward internal flow in wells in upland 

valleys and divides under nonpumping conditions........... 25 

,13. Graph showing internal flow in Park Ridge well No. 16....... 27 

14. Graph showing drawdown in Emerson well No. 3 during a 

prnnping test.................... . • . . . . . • . • . • . . . • . . . . . . • . . . 28 

15. Graph showing frequency of occurrence of yields from wells 

in the Brunswick Fonnation in Bergen County .............. " ......... .,.. 30 

16. Graph showing frequency of occurrence of specific capacities 

of wells in the Brunswick Formation in Bergen County •••••• 31 

17. Graph showing frequency of occurrence of well depths in the 

Brunswick Formation in Bergen County •••••••••••••••••••••• 32 

IV 
ILLUSTRATIONS--Continued 

Figure 18 .. Scatter diagram showing the specific capac per foot 

of saturated rock penetrated................................. 34 

TABLES 

Table 1., Record of selected wells ..................................... . 44 

2. Chemical analyses .............................................. . 68 

v 
CONVERSION FACTORS 

Factors for converting English units to metric units are shown to four 

significant figures. However, in the text the metric equivalents are 

shown only to the nlli~ber of significant fi5~res consistent with the 

values for the English units. 

feet (ft) 

Multiply by 

0.3048 

Metric 

meters (m) 

gallons (gal) 3.785 liters (1) 

gallons per minute (gpm) .,06309 liters per second (1/s) 

lons per minute per liters per second per 

foot (gpm/ft) .2069 meter [(1/s)/m] 

million gallons per day cubic meters per 

(mgd) .04381 second (m3/s) 

inches (in) 25.4 millimeters (mm) 

miles (mi) 1.609 kilometers (km) 

square miles (sq mi) 2.,590 square kilometers (km2) 

acres .4047 hectares (ha) 

per second cubic meters per 

Is) .. 02832 second (m3 / s) 

VI 
APPRAISAL OF WATER RESOURCES IN THE 

HACKENSACK RIVER BASIN, NEW JERSEY 

By Louis D. Carswell 

ABSTRACT 

The Hackensack River basin, in the northern part of the New 

Jersey-New York metropolitan area, includes some of the most highly 

urbanized areas in the United States as well as a largely undeveloped 

23.4 square mile area of tidal marsh referred to as the Hackensack 

Meadows. 

Bedrock in the Hackensack River basin, consisting of the Newark 

Group of Triassic age, is composed of diabase dikes and sills and gently 

westward dipping sandstone, conglomerate, and shale. The Brunswick 

Formation of the Newark Group is the only important bedrock aquifer 

in the basin. Water occurs in this aquifer in joints and fractures. 

The zone of most abundant and largest water-bearing joints and fractures 

occurs generally within 200 feet of land surface in lowland areas of 

major streams and within 400 to 500 feet of land surface in upland 

areas. 

Reported yields of industrial and public-supply wells tapping the 

Brunswick are as much as 600 gpm (gallons per minute): the median 

yield is 100 gpm. The formation is anisotropic; the greatest permeability and thus the movement of water in response to pumping are parallel 

to the strike of bedding. Therefore, wells in well fields alined 

perpendicular to strike have minimum interference. 

The Newark Group is overlain by unconsolidated deposits of till, 

varved silt and clay, alluvium, and sand and gravel of Quaternary age. 

Sand and gravel aquifers consist of (1) deltaic deposits formed at the 

mouths of streams that entered ancient Lake Hackensack in the western 

part of the basin and (2) valley-fill deposits along the eastern side 

of the basin. These aquifers locally yield large quantities of water 

(greater than 300 gpm) to wells. 

The chemical quality of water in the Brunswick Formation is 

generally good, and the water is relatively low in dissolved mineral 

matter in the upper area of the Hackensack River basin. In the lower 

area of the basin, water in the Brunswick is highly mineralized: 

specific conductance ranges from 579 to 3,480 micromhos per centimeter 

at 25°C; chloride content ranges from 19 to 755 mg/1 (milligrams per 

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li ; and sulfate content ranges from 87 to 966 mg/1. Chemical 

quality in both the Brunswick Formation and the unconsolidated deposits 

in the lower area is affected by induced recharge of poor quality 

surface water from the Hackensack River and Newark Bay. Water quality 

in these surface water bodies is influenced by tidal flooding and by 

the disposal of an average of 57 mgd (million gallons per day) of 

sewage and industrial wastes in the Hackensack Meadows. 

Future development of ground-water supplies in the upper area 

of the basin is restricted, because such development would decrease 

surface-water supplies which are almost entirely utilized for water 

supply. Additional development of ground water in the lower area of 

the basin is limited by the small amount of ground water in the basin 

and by the intrusion of highly mineralized surface water into the 

aquifers. 

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INTRODUCTION 

Purpose and Scope 

This study is one of a series of investigations of the groundwater resources of New Jersey made as a result of the Water Supply 

Act of 1958 and its companion Water Bond Act. The purpose of the 

study was to assemble data on the occurrence, movement, availability 

and chemical quality of ground water in the Hackensack River basin in 

Bergen and Hudson Counties, New Jersey; to evaluate and interpret the 

data; and to make the results available to the public. 

The study was made by the U. S. Geological Survey in cooperation 

with the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection, Division 

of Water Resources. The investigation was partly supported by the 

U. S. Army Corps of Engineers who requested information on the groundwater resources of the Hackensack River basin, as a part of the Corps' 

comprehensive reclamation and development study of the Hackensack 

Meadows area. The Hackensack Meadows area has been the focus of 

repeated reclamation studies, as it constitutes one of the few rema 

large undeveloped areas in the northern New Jersey-New York metropolitan 

ar.ea. 

The investigation was begun by John Vecchioli and continued by 

the author under the general supervision of Allen Sinnott, former 

District Geologist of the Ground Water Branch, and John E. McCall and 

Harold Meisler, consecutive District Chiefs, Water Resources Division. 

Location and Extent of Area 

The Hackensack River basin is mainly in Hudson and Bergen Counties 

in northeastern New Jersey, but the headwaters extend northward into 

Rockland County, N. Y. (fig. 1). The basin is in the northern half 

of the New York-New Jersey metropolitan area. This report describes 

the hydrologic conditions in the part of the basin that is in New 

Jersey (fig. 1). Political subdivisions, the drainage network, and 

the location of selected wells in the basin are shown on figure 2. 

The basin is 4 to 7 miles wide and approximately 34 miles long. The 

total drainage area of the Hackensack River basin is 202 square miles. 

The New Jersey part of the basin has an area of 139 square miles, 

including about 23 square miles of tidal marsh, commonly referred to 

as the Hackensack Meadows, which extends 10 miles upstream from Ne\vark 

BayG 

Previous Investigations 

Previous investigations of the ground-water conditions in the 

Hackensack River basin include a study by Perlmutter (1959) of the 

upper third of the basin in Rockland County, New York; a report on 

the present and future water supply of Bergen County, New Jersey 

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ITIJ] 

NewarK Group 

outcrop area 

Are a of report 

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Outline of 

Hackensack River 

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0 10 20 30 M 1 les 

Figure 1.--Map of New Jersey showing location of the Hackensack 

River basin and area covered by this report. 

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(Bergen County Water Study Committee, 1957); and a preliminary report 

on the geology and ground-water supply of the Newark, N. J. area (Herpers 

and Barksdale, 1951). The surface-water resources of the Hackensack 

River basin in Rockland County, New York, were described by Ayer and 

Pauszek (1963)o 

Previous investigations of the geology of the area include 

reports by Klimmel (1898 and 1899), Merrill and others (1902), Darton 

and others (1908), Salisbury (1902), and Reeds (1933). Excellent 

summaries of recent geological investigations of the Brunswick Formation in the area are given by Savage (1968) and Van Houten and Savage 

(1968). The thickness and composition of the deposits underlying the 

Hackensack Meadows were determined by Parrillo (1959). 

Acknowledgments 

It is a pleasure to acknowledge the cooperation and assistance 

of the Hackensack and Park Ridge Water Companies for providing 

information on wells, chemical analyses, and access to wells for making 

geophysical and borehole-velocity measurements. 

The cooperation of the firm of Leggette, Brashears and Graham, 

consulting ground-water geologists; Artesian Well and Equipment Co.; 

Rinbrand Well Drilling Company; Burrows Well Drilling Company; and the 

New Jersey Bureau of Geology and Topography, which provided many of 

the well records used in compiling this report, is gratefully 

acknowledged a 

Lawrence J. Mansue collected and tabulated well records during 

the summer of 1964, and Harold E. Gill and William C. Roth assisted 

in making some of the borehole-velocity measurements. 

GEOGRAPHY 

Topography and Drainage 

The Hackensack River basin lies within the glaciated section of 

the Piedmont Province of the Appalachian Highlands. The bedrock in 

most of the basin is composed of sedimentary rocks, predominantly 

sandstone, mudstone, and conglomerate. The more resistant beds of 

sandstone and conglomerate form low, elongate, northward-trending 

hills. The sedimentary rocks were intruded by molten rocks forming 

dikes and sills of diabase. The diabase forms the steeply sloping 

Laurel Hill near Secaucus and the Palisades on the east of the basin. 

Most of the bedrock in the basin is covered by unconsolidated deposits 

of boulders, gravel, sand, and clay of Pleistocene age, largely 

products of the last (Wisconsin) advance of the continental ice sheets 

across the basin. The bedrock surface is highly irregular, as it 

was formed by preglacial and interglacial streams and was modified 

further by glacial scour. 

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The principal tributaries to the Hackensack River are Pascack 

Brook and Berrys, Overpeck, Saw Mill, and Penhorn Creeks. The river 

is tidal and navigable as far north as a dam at New Milford, N. J., 

about LU m~les north ot Newark Bay. The tidal part of the river 

basin, includes the Hackensack Meadows which cover an area 10 miles 

long and as much as 4 miles wide, comprising 15,000 acres of marsh 

that is only a few inches above high tide. 

The eastern and northern boundaries of the Hackensack River basin, 

with the exception of a small area near Sparkill, New York, follow the 

crest of the Palisades ridge. This ridge rises abruptly from and 

parallels the Hudson River from Jersey City north to Haverstraw, 

New York. Altitudes of the crest of the ridge in New Jersey are as 

much as 500 feet above sea level. Several small narrow valleys are 

partly cut through the ridge, giving the divide an undulating 

character. 

The western boundary of the Hackensack River basin, the divide 

between the Hackensack River basin and the Passaic and Saddle River 

basins, follows the crest of a series of northward-trending ridges, 

whose summits range in altitude from about 100 feet at North Arlington 

to 600 feet above sea level in Rockland County, New York. 

Climate 

Winters are controlled by polar continental air masses and 

summers by tropical air masses which, although of marine origin, 

pass over very warm land masses before reaching New Jersey (Biel, 

1958, p. 66). 

The Hackensack River basin is near enough to the paths of the 

storms which move from west to east across the Great Lakes region 

and down the St. Lawrence Valley to receive some precipitation from 

that source. However, the heaviest general rains are produced by 

coastal storms of tropical origin (U. S. Weather Bureau, 1959). 

The average annual precipitation in the Hackensack River basin 

is 45 inches. Recorded extremes in annual precipitation are a low 

of 26 inches and a high of 61 inches. 

The mean annual temperature in the basin is 53°F with a monthly 

mean low of 31.5°F in January and a monthly mean high of 75.8°F in 

July. The growing season averages 185 days with the mean date of 

the first and last killing frosts October 21 and April 19, respectively. 

Prevailing winds are from the northwest from October to April and 

from the southwest for the other months. 

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GEOLOGY 

General Features 

During the Late Triassic Epoch downfaulting produced a series 

of northeastward-trending basins in the Piedmont Plateau from North 

Carolina to Nova Scotia. Sedimentary and associated igneous rocks 

of Triassic age occupy the downfaulted basins and are known as the 

Newark Group. In New Jersey the Newark Group crops out in a band 

16 to 30 miles wide trending southwestward from the Hudson River to 

the Delaware River (fig. 1). In the vicinity of the Delaware River 

the Newark Group is about 12,000 feet thick (Johnson and McLaughlin, 

1957, p. 32). The bedrock in the Hackensack River basin is a part of 

the Newark Group of Late Triassic age. 

The sedimentary rocks of the Newark Group in New Jersey are 

composed of reddish brown arkosic sandstone, mudstone, siltstone, 

and conglomerate, and dark-gray argillite. The sediments were 

derived largely from rocks of Paleozoic and Precambrian age to the 

southeast and were deposited in a nonmarine intermontane basin (Van 

Houten, 1965). In Triassic time the sedimentary rocks were intruded 

by diabase sills (intrusions which parallel the enclosing beds) and 

dikes (intrusions which cut across the bedding). The diabase is more 

resistant to erosion than other rocks of the Newark Group and generally 

forms ridges such as the Palisades. 

The Newark Group has been divided into three formations on the 

basis of distinctive lithology: a lower unit, the Stockton Formation; 

a middle unit, the Lockatong Formation; and an upper unit, the Brunswick 

Formation. The Lockatong interfingers with both the underlying Stockton 

and overlying Brunswick; its presence has been reported at only one 

locality in the Hackensack River basin (VanHouten, 1964, p. 500). The 

distribution of the units of the Newark Group in the Hackensack River 

basin is shown in figure 3. 

The beds of the Newark Group generally strike north to northeast 

in the Hackensack River basin and dip west to northwest at approximately 

10 degrees. A prominent set of steeply dipping joints parallels the 

strike of the beds. A less prominent set of nearly-vertical joints 

parallels approximately the direction of dip of the beds. In the 

cliffs along the Hudson River the diabase has well developed columnar 

jointing which inspired the name "Palisades" for the vertical columns 

of rock. The faults that cut and displace the Triassic rocks typically 

strike northeastward and are parallel to or intersect the strike of 

the beds at a low angle. 

Surficial deposits cover most of the bedrock in the Hackensack 

River basin and are largely a result of several major advances of the 

continental glaciers across the area during the Pleistocene Epoch. 

Younger deposits of Holocene age, consisting largely of alluvium 

deposited by present-day streams, overlie the glacial deposits. The 

alluvium is restricted to the flood plains of the streams. 

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During Pleistocene time glaciers which advanced across the basin 

probably removed an unknown thickness of weathered or easily eroded 

rock and soil. Part of this material was ground to clay size and 

the mixture later redeposited on the bedrock. Deposits of the latest 

(Wisconsin) ice advances now are exposed at the land surface. They 

consist of unsorted deposits of boulders, pebbles, sand, and rock 

flour which cover the hills and partly fill the valleys. A few miles 

south of the Hackensack River basin, frontal deposits from the melting 

ice sheet accumulated as a terminal moraine. 

Streams of melt water issuing from the stagnating and retreating 

glacier formed stratified deposits of gravel, sand, silt, and clay. 

As the glacier retreated, crustal downwarping beneath the glacier, 

as a result of its weight, combined with blockage of drainage by the 

terminal moraine to the south ponded the melt water forming a lake 

known as Lake Hackensack in the area of the present Newark Bay and 

Hackensack Meadows and extending northward into Rockland County, N. Y. 

Subsequently, this lake was partly filled with deposits of varved 

silts, and clay prior to the establishment of outlets which drained 

the lQke. The lake beds were eventually veneered with alluvium and 

a mat of decayed plant material. 

Pre-Quaternary Rock Units 

Stockton Formation 

The Stockton Formation in the Hackensack River basin occurs in 

a narrow belt, as much as two miles wide, on the western slope of 

the Palisades from West New York, N. J., northward into Rockland 

County, New York. The Stockton underlies the Lockatong Formation 

in the southern part of the basin and intertongues with the Lockatong 

in the northern part of the basin. The Stockton is locally cut by 

the Palisades sill. 

The Stockton is composed of light-colored arkosic sandstone 

and some thin beds of red sandstone and shale. The arkosic sandstone 

contains 50 to 70 percent quartz and 15 to 40 percent feldspar and 

is atypical in that the content of sodium feldspar exceeds that of 

potassium feldspar according to VanHouten (1965, p. 832-833). 

Silica cement is common. Also present are minor amounts of calcite 

and rarely dolomite cement as well as authigenic feldspar overgrowths 

and void fillings. In the past some arkosic sandstone has been quarried 

locally for building stone. 

The exact thickness of the Stockton in northeastern New Jersey 

is unknown (Merrill and others, 1902, p. 6), but it is much less than 

the 5,000 feet along the Delaware River reported by Johnson and 

McLaughlin (1957, p. 40). 

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Lockatong Formation 

The Lockatong Formation has been identified at only one location, 

North Bergen, in the Hackensack River basin. Here it consists of 

argillite that has been altered to hornsfels during the emplacement 

of the adjacent diabase sill (VanHouten, 1964, p. 500). 

The Lockatong overlies the Stockton Formation and is overlain 

by the Brunswick Formation. Laterally it intertongues with both the 

Bruns-.;,vick and the ·stock ton Formations. 

The Lockatong Formation is composed of cyclic units of chemical 

and detrital origin that average 15 feet in thickness. The detrital 

deposits are mudstones composed of abundant sodium feldspar, calcite, 

illite, and chlorite with very little quartz and potassium feldspar. 

In the chemical deposits the mudstone contains abundant analcime, 

albite, dolomite, calcite, illite, and chlorite. Dolomite and analcime 

casts of skeletal glauberite (and possibly anhydrite) crystals are 

common in some of the chemical deposits (VanHouten, 1965). 

The formation is 90 feet thick at North Bergen. It thins 

northward and is entirely missing at the New York-New Jersey State 

line. It presumably thickens south of North Bergen and is 3,750 feet 

thick in western New Jersey and adjacent Pennsylvania. 

Brunswick Formation 

The Brunswick Formation overlies the Stockton Formation and 

forms the bedrock throughout most of the Hackensack River basin. 

It is reddish-brown and composed of mudstone, siltstone, sandstone, 

and conglomerate. In the southern part of the basin mudstone is the 

dominant lithology. The deposits gradually become coarser grained 

northward (Klimmel 1898, p. 43 and Savage, 1968) so that in the 

northern part of the basin in New York the Brunswick consists largely 

of sandstone and commonly contains beds of conglomerate. 

Gypsum and glauberite are reported to occur in the Brunswick 

Formation. Herpers and Barksdale (1951, p. 37) have reported the 

presence of gypsum from well borings in the Newark area just south 

of the Hackensack River basin. Glauberite has long been known to be 

present locally in the Brunswick Formation. Van Houten (1965, p. 834) 

reports that some beds enclose large complete molds of glauberite, 

as well as rosettes of elongate calcite casts. The coarser deposits 

are fledspathic and are commonly cemented by calcite (Van Houten, 

1965, p. 834). 

The thickness of the Brunswick Formation in the Hackensack 

River basin is unknown. Herpers and Barksdale (1951, p. 23) estimated 

the Brunswick to be about 6,000 to 7,000 feet thick in the Newark area 

just south of the Hackensack River basin. 

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Diabase 

Sills and dikes of diabase (commonly called traprock) intruded 

the strata of the Newark Group. They are relatively resistant to 

erosion and form the Palisades ridge, Laurel Hill, and Little Snake 

Hille Minor intrusive bodies of diabase are found at North Arlington 

and Bogota. The diabase dikes at Laurel Hill, Little Snake Hill, 

and Bogota cut the Brunswick Formation at high angles. The diabase 

at North Arlington is a sill, and that which forms the Palisades is 

a semiconcordant sill. The latter sill was fed by dikes and the 

upper and lower contacts of the sill locally cut across the bedding 

of the Stockton Formation. The Palisades diabase is 1,200 feet 

thick north of Englewood and thins southward to Jersey City (Darton, 

Merrill and others, 1902, p. 9). 

Diabase is a black, hard, dense rock composed of about equal 

amounts of plagioclase fledspar and augite. The texture ranges from 

f crystalline in small dikes or chilled border zones of large 

intrusions to coarsely crystalline in the center of large intrusions 

where the rock solidified slowly thus giving the crystals a longer 

time to grow. Diabase is extensively quarried for road metal, 

particularly the dike at Laurel Hill and along the west flank of the 

ridge formed by the Palisades sille 

Quaternary Deposits 

Pleistocene Deposits 

Unconsolidated deposits overlying the Newark Group consist of 

sand, gravel, silt, and clay, that were deposited largely during the 

last (Wisconsin) glaciation of the Pleistocene Epoch. These deposits 

are generally thickest in the valleys and are thin or absent on hill 

crests. The deposits can be broadly subdivided into till and stratified 

drift. Till is an unsorted mixture of sand, gravel, silt, and clay 

ted directly from the ice. It covers almost all the bedrock 

in the Hackensack River basin. The thickness of the till is variable; 

it averages 25 feet and is known to exceed 165 feet locally in the 

meadows area. Stratified drift consists of sand, gravel, silt, and 

which has been transported by water; it is poorly to well sorted. 

The stratified drift was deposited in contact with the ice or as outwash 

in flood plains, deltas, and as fine sediment in lakes during and after 

the retreat of the ice. 

Stratified drift deposits of varved silt and clay, as much as 300 

feet thick in the meadows, occur in two troughs (fig. 4) which roughly 

lel the sides of the basin and probably connect a few miles south 

of the New York State line. Perlmutter (1959, p. 25) has reported 

similar deposits of laminated clay continuous with those of New Jersey 

in southern Rockland County, New York. Because of their varved 

character and lack of marine fossils, the silt and clay are presumed 

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EXPLANATION 

[\·:·}~).q - Organic material deposits) and artificial fill ~ - Varved silt and cloy (lake 

A h;i!~tt9;;~~}:}] rzL1 Triassic sandstone cmd mudstone: 

Fine sand and silt Trb, Brunswick Formation; Trs, Stockton 

WEST Formation; and Trl, Lockatong Formation EAST 

2 

- Triassic 2001 

Sand and 13ravel [illJ diabase, Trd 

. Till (boulders, gravel, sand, silt, and Geologic contact . clay) 

100' 

Sea 

level 

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-200' 

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-300 Mod1f1ed from Parrillo, 19!59 0 2000 4000 

vertical exaggeration X 20 

Figure 4.--Geologic section across the Hackensack Meadows area. 
to have been deposited in fresh-water lakes (Lake Hackensack) which 

formed as the ice retreated. The varved silt and clay overlie till 

or bedrock and underlie Holocene deposits. In the eastern trough, 

from Jersey City northward to Ridgefield Park, however, the varved 

silt and clay overlies coarse sand and gravel also. 

Coarse sand and gravel in the eastern trough underlie both till 

and lakebeds and are as much as 50 feet thick. They are fluvial 

deposits formed prior to the last glacial advance across the area. 

They were probably more extensive in the eastern trough and were 

deposited also in the western trough, but most of the materials have 

been removed by glacial scour. Thin deposits of stratified coarse 

sand and gravel underlie terraces along the sides of the valleys north 

of the Hackensack Meadowso Also several small hills of coarse sand 

and gravel, called kames, were formed in contact with the retreating 

ice north of the meadows. 

In seven small areas (shown on figure 5), a part of the interval 

normally containing lakebeds is composed of beds of sand and gravel 

deposited as small deltas. The streams that built these deltas 

flowed eastward either in contact with the ice as the glaciers 

retreated or in Lake Hackensack~ The valleys formed by these streams 

probably represent successively more southerly routes of the Passaic 

and Saddle River prior to the establishment of their present course. 

Holocene Deposits 

In the upper part of the basin, Holocene deposits are thin and 

of small areal extent. In the lower part of the basin, deposits of 

sand, gravel, silt, clay, peat, and root mat (decayed vegetation) of 

Holocene age directly underlie the Hackensack Meadows. Here finegrained sand and silt overlie till and varved silt and clay of Pleistocene age. The sand deposits are lenticular and thicken to 50 feet 

downstream. Root mat overlies the sand and silt in most of the 

meadowland and is about 10 feet thick, but locally is 50 feet thick. 

Artificial fill consisting largely of trash and rubbish overlies the 

natural deposits in parts of the Hackensack Meadows. 

HYDROLOGY 

Surface Water 

The Hackensack River basin can be divided into two areas which 

differ markedly in their hydrologic characteristicso The division 

arbitrarily set at the north edge of New Milford, New Jersey, 

separates the basin into an upper (northern) 113-square mile area and 

a lower (southern) 84-square mile area. 

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Deltas formed during the retreat of 

the Wisconsin glaciers. 

Location of troughs formed prior to 

the last glacial advance. 

Probable location of ancestral drainage 

during late Wisconsin time. 

Figure 5.--Map showing the location of drainage and deltas 

formed during the retreat of the Wisconsin Glaciation. 

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The upper area is characterized by moderate to steep topographic 

slopes, hilly terrain, moderate to steep ground-water gradients, 

reasonably good quality of surface and ground-water, and virtually 

complete regulation of the Hackensack River for water supply. 

The lower area is a broad area of low relief at altitudes near 

sea level, except along the flanks, and gentle ground-water gradients. 

The streams, including the Hackensack River, are tidal. About half 

of the lower area consists of a tidal marsh known as the Hackensack 

Meadows. The lower area receives very little runoff from the upper 

area during the summer months when water demand is highestG In 

years of low precipitation little water is permitted to flow into 

the lower area. 

Water Utilization 

Average annual precipitation in the upper area of the Hackensack 

River basin is 86.5 billion gallons of water. Figure 6 shows annual 

precipitation, in inches, and the percent of the precipitation, 

leaving this part of the basin as combined runoff and diversion during 

the period 1922-65. On the average, approximately 50 percent of the 

precipitation left the upper area of the basin as runoff and diversion 

for water supply. The remaining 50 percent was discharged as evapotranspiration. 

The upper area is utilized by the Hackensack Water Company for 

water supply. Flow of the Hackensack River is controlled by DeForest 

Reservoir in Rockland County, New York, which has a storage capacity 

of 5.6 billion gallons. Other reservoirs downstream (see fig. 2) 

are Oradell Reservoir (3 billion gallons), Woodcliff Lake (900 million 

gallons), and Lake Tappan (3.4 billion gallons). Lake Tappan is 

considered to be the last suitable site for reservoir construction 

in the basin. 

Much of the area served by the Hackensack Water Company is 

sewered and a large percent of the diverted water does not re-enter 

the upper part of the basin. Also, some water pumped for industrial 

and institutional use is subsequently diverted out of the Hackensack 

River basin to the Hudson River by disposal into Sparkill Creek. 

However, the northernmost townships are largely unsewered and for 

the most part residential. Furthermore, the water diverted by the 

Spring Valley Water Company from DeForest Reservoir and from wells in 

Rockland County is returned to the streams and ground water reservoirs 

through public and domestic sewage disposal systems. 

Diversion of water from the Hackensack River at New Milford, 

as well as inflow to Oradell Reservoir (Pascack Brook at Westwood, 

and Hackensack River at River Vale) and outflow from Oradell Reservoir 

(Hackensack River at New Milford) for the years 1951-66 are shown 

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precipitation occurring as combined runoff and diversion. 
in figure 7. Streamflow gaging station locations are shown in figure 

2. As the Pascack and Hackensack contain runoff from 77 percent of 

the basin above New Milford an adjusted total mean annual flow of 

the entire basin above New Milford is also shown in figure 7. The 

data used in plotting these graphs are not adjusted for changes in 

reservoir storage or evaporation. The difference between inflow to 

and outflow from Oradell Reservoir increased during the drought 

years from 1962 to 1966; comparatively little water was discharged 

to the lower part of the basin in 1965. Diversion from the river 

increased more or less steadily from 1951 to 1964, but decreased 

during 1965 reflecting the Governor's proclamation of a drought 

emergency and the imposing of limitations on water use. 

Utilization of surface water in the Hackensack River basin above 

Oradell Reservoir is approaching its maximum limit. Consequently, 

in order to develop additional water supplies from the ground-water 

reservoir without decreasing ground-water discharge to streams or 

inducing recharge from surface supplies it would be necessary to 

capture water now being currently lost by evapotranspiration. Riggs 

(1965) has suggested that a decrease in evapotranspiration and 

increase in streamflow might be achieved by management of vegetation. 

Water Quality 

Increased urbanization of the upper part of the Hackensack 

River basin has brought changes in surface-water quality. As shown 

in figure 8 the average annual chloride content of water leaving the 

filter plant of the Hackensack Water Company at New Milford has 

increased from 1905 to 1963. An anomalous peak for the period 1949 

through 1952 was caused by the effluent of an upstream industrial 

complex. The rise in chloride content of the water entering and 

stored in Oradell Reservoir reflects not only additions to the river 

system from domestic and municipal sewage, but the expanded use of 

salt during winter for controlling.ice and snow on the roads traversing 

the area. 

The effect of road salt upon chloride content in streams is 

illustrated in figure 9. The chloride content of Hirshfield Brook 

was monitored by the Hackensack Water Company on a daily basis during 

November and December of 1964. Prior to the advent of freezing 

weather in mid-December, the chloride content of the water ranged 

from 10 to 28 mg/1 averaging about 20 mg/1. Cold weather from 

December 19-23 during which a snowfall was recorded was followed 

by above freezing temperatures and rain. The maximum peak of the 

chloride concentration in Hirshfield Brook from this event is unknown, 

for it was not monitored on December 24 and 25; however, on December 26 

a chloride content of 60 mg/1 was recorded. 

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Hackensack River and Pascack Brook above Oradell Reservoir, diversion, 

and flow of the Hackensack River below Oradell Reservoir (at New 

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In the interval between 1927 and 1963 the average yearly total 

dissolved solids content of the Hackensack River in the upper area 

increased from 104 mg/1 to 184 mg/1 and the hardness calculated as 

calcium carbonate increased from 37 mg/1 to 77 mg/1 (analyses by the 

Hackensack Water Company). Some of the increased dissolved solids 

content resulted from cycling water through municipal and domestic 

sewage systems. 

The Hackensack Meadows in the lower area of the basin are 

utilized for the disposal of 57 mgd of treated municipal sewage effluent 

and industrial waste, rich in nitrates and phosphates. During summer 

months, particularly when precipitation is deficient, brackish water 

from Newark Bay flows up the Hackensack River. The chloride concentration in Newark Bay is approximately 10,000 mg/1. In the late summer 

of 1961 concentrations as high as 4,000 mg/1 were found in the Hackensack River as far north as Hackensack and concentrations of several 

hundred milligrams per liter occu~red near the northern part of the 

area below New Milford. This high concentration of chloride makes 

the water in the lower Hackensack unsuitable for municipal and industrial processes although it is usable for cooling purposes. 

Ground Water in Consolidated Rock 

Stockton and Lockatong Formations 

The Stockton Formation underlies a small area on the west side 

of the Palisades in the Hackensack River basin. Because of its 

limited areal extent in the basin and because it has hydrologic 

properties similar to those of coarser parts of the Brunswick Formation, 

the hydrology of the Stockton Formation is not discussed separately 

in this section. 

The Lockatong Formation is thin and is known from only one 

exposure in the basin. No wells are known to penetrate it within 

the basin. Based on studies made elsewhere in New Jersey, the 

Lockatong can be expected to yield considerably smaller quantities 

of water than the finer-grained parts of the Brunswick Formation. 

Brunswick Formation 

Occurrence and Movement of Ground Water 

Ground water in the Brunswick Formation occurs in a network of 

interconnected openings formed along joints, fractures, and solution 

channels. The intervening unfractured rock has negligible capacity 

to store and transmit ground water. The openings which contain ground 

water decrease in size and number with increasing depth below land 

surface. As some beds within the formation contain more openings than 

others, the ground-water system consists of a series of alternating 

tabular aquifers and aquicludes several tens of feet thick and dipping 

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to the northwest at approximately 10 degrees. The water-bearing 

fractures in each tabular aquifer are more or less continuous, but 

hydraulic connection between individual tabular aquifers is poor. 

These tabular aquifers generally extend downdip for a few hundred 

feet and are continuous along strike for thousands of feet. 

In an areally extensive, homogeneous, and isotropic aquifer, 

drawdown caused by pumping a well is equal at all points equidistant 

from the pumped well. This is not true, however, in a consolidated 

rock aquifer, such as the Brunswick Formation, where water is stored 

in and transmitted through secondary openings, which generally have 

some preferential alinement and are better developed in some beds 

than they are in others. In the Newark area, Herpers and Barksdale 

(1951, p. 29) observed a drawdown in an observation well located 

2,400 feet from a pumped well in a direction parallel to the strike 

of the beds, whereas no distinct drawdown was evident in observation 

wells 600 feet from a pumped well in a direction transverse to the 

strike. They also observed that as a consequence of heavy pumping, 

high-chloride water from Newark Bay intruded the aquifer farthest 

along the strike of the beds. Similar observations on the anisotropism of the Brunswick Formation have been documented by Vecchioli 

(1967) and Vecchioli and others (1969). Their pumping-test data 

indicate that the direction of highest permeability and of the movement of water in response to pumping characteristically parallels the 

strike of the beds. Therefore, well fields, wherever possible, 

should be designed with wells alined transverse to the strike of the 

beds in order to minimize interference. 

Thickness and Distribution of Water-Producing Zones 

Estimates of the thickness of the ground water producing zone 

in the Brunswick Formation have been based typically on review of 

drilling records and on the observation that when a well has not 

successfully tapped a water-yielding zone in the first 400 feet of 

drilling, water-yielding zones are not likely to be penetrated by 

drilling deeper. 

The zone in the Brunswick Formation containing joints and 

fractures that are capable of storing and transmitting fresh water 

has been variously estimated to be between 200 and 600 feet thick 

(Herpers and Barksdale, 1951, Pe 27; Greenman, 1955; Rima, 1955; 

Perlmutter, 1959; and Parker and others, 1964). The depth and 

distribution of water-producing zones in the Brunswick Formation were 

determined at Lansdale, Pennsylvania, by Rima (1955) who injected 

water into several wells and traced the flow of the injected water 

by means of a flow meter. Rima concluded that the Brunswick in the 

Lansdale area contains an upper water-table aquifer of low permeability 

occurring at depths of less than 250 feet below land surface; below 

this depth there are one or more artesian or semiartesian aquifers of 

high permeability, generally less than 20 feet thick each, and occurring 

at depths as great as 600 feet. 

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The zone of fresh ground water in the Hackensack River basin 

locally appears to be thinner than 200 feet. Injected slugs of salt 

water were traced with an electric logger in seven wells, 400 to 500 

feet deep, in the main valleys of the Hackensack River and Pascack 

Brook. When the wells were pumped at 25 to 35 gpm with a drawdown 

of about 5 feet, about 60 percent of the water entered the wells from 

above a 100-foot depth; about 90 percent entered from above a 200-foot 

depth. Below a depth of 200 feet, the maximum yield was 2 gallons 

for 5 feet of drawdown for the entire lower part of the well (fig. 10). 

Although none of these wells penetrated high-yielding zones below a 

depth of 200 feet, other wells in the main valleys reportedly have 

penetrated high-yielding zones below a depth of 200 feet. The 

relatively small thickness of the zone containing water-bearing 

openings in the seven wells shown on figure 10 may be a result of 

the removal by glacial scour of a considerable thickness of rock 

containing water-bearing openings. 

Where there are differences in hydraulic head between waterbearing openings internal flow occurs under nonpumping conditions 

within the well from the zone of higher head to the zone of lower 

head. In upland areas where recharge is dominant, hydraulic heads 

generally decrease with increasing depth and internal flow is downward in the wells. In lowland areas where discharge is dominant, 

heads increase with increasing depth and flow is upward in wells. 

In some wells the water may flow at the surface. 

To confirm this flow pattern borehole-velocity measurements 

were made under nonpumping conditions in seven wells in the valleys 

of the Hackensack River and Pascack Brook. In four of the wells no 

internal movement of injected brine slugs could be measured during 

a half hour or more of observation. Two wells (Emerson 3 and 

Hillsdale 6) flowed at the surface and upward internal flow occurred 

also in the third well (Harrington Park 6) although the well did not 

flow at the surface (fig. 11). 

Borehole-velocity measurements were made under nonpumping 

conditions in six wells located in the upland valleys near minor 

tributaries of Pascack Brook and in one well on the divide between 

the Hackensack and Saddle River drainages. Figure 12 shows borehole 

flow from water-yielding zones in the upper 175 to 200 feet downward 

to ''thievin~' zones extending to within 50 feet of the bottom 6f the 

wells. These wells range in depth from 270 to 350 feet. This downward 

flow is a consequence of penetrating water-bearing beds having 

successively lower hydraulic heads with increasing depth. 

Two of the six wells in upland valleys, which showed downward 

internal flow at depth, simultaneously flowed at the surface at 10 

to 15 gpm. Three of the six wells were subsequently pumped at rates 

from 35 to 100 gpm and additional borehole velocity measurements 

were made while pumping. In each case the water pumped from the well 

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Figure 12.--Graphs showing downward internal flow in wells in upland 

valleys and divides under nonpumping conditions. 

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came from a zone 50 to 100 feet below land surface. Below this depth 

the internal flow was downward but at a lower rate than under 

nonpumping conditions. Figure 13 shows the downward internal flow of 

water in Park Ridge well No. 16 under nonpumping conditions and the 

simultaneous upward and downward internal flow when the well was 

pumped at 100 gpm. 

When the water level in a pumping well declines below the top 

of a water-producing zone the rate of drawdown can increase because 

that part of the producing zone which is above the water level in 

the well no longer contributes as much water to the well. Figure 14 

shows the time-drawdown relation during a pumping test on Emerson well 

No. 3. When the well was pumped at 250 gpm the water level in the 

well declined at a constant rate until the water level dropped below 

the base of the casing and· into the zone which was transmitting water 

to the well. When this occurred the rate of drawdown increased markedly. 

Wells having downward internal flow under nonpumping conditions 

may not have penetrated to the maximum depth of the fresh-water 

circulation system. In the seven wells in which measurements were 

made (figc 12), no measurable flow was found near the bottom of the 

well regardless of the depth of the wellso This lower zone of no 

flow may result from either plugging of fractures during drilling or 

lack of adequate development near the bottom of the borehole. The 

maximum velocity of the water moving down the borehole of most of the 

wells was near a depth of 200 feet below land surface. The lower 

or "thieving" zone in the deepest wells appear to be as thick or thicker 

than the producing zones (figo 12). The zone which thieves under 

nonpumping conditions may become a producing zone while pumping, 

provided that there is sufficient drawdown in the well. Therefore, 

the potential yielding zone in the uplands or in small valleys in 

the uplands is probably more than 300 feet thick and may be as great 

as 400 to 500 feet thick. The difference in head between the top 

producing zone and the base of the lowest thieving zone is not known, 

but a suggestion of its magnitude is provided by data from a well in 

Park Ridge. Deepening the well from 200 to 500 feet caused a drop 

of 30 feet in the water level. This new water level in the well 

represents a composite of all heads at the well and is presumably 

higher than the head in the lowest water-bearing zone. 

The internal flow in wells under nonpumping conditions results 

from the penetration of a hydrologic system having hydraulic gradients 

that have vertical components. Flow through the borehole therefore 

is a short-circuiting of natural flow. One effect of this shortcircuiting is to accelerate the movement of water from areas of 

recharge to areas of discharge. The effects of short-circuiting can 

be put in perspective when related to recharge. For example, 

precipitation at a rate of 45 inches per year averages about 3,340 

gallons per day per acre. If one half of the precipitation is 

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evaporated or transpired, 1,670 gallons remain to run off directly 

to streams and to enter the ground-water system. A well having 

downward internal outflow of only 1 gallon a minute, or 1,440 gpd, 

is accelerating the movement of all the recharge available from 

about one to two acres of land. A number of such wells in an 

area with downward flow can result in a substantial water-table 

decline. 

Another consequence of downward internal flow in wells is that 

the cleaning and development of the lower part of a well is made 

difficult or impossible unless the head relations in the well are 

artificially reversed because any surging action will tend to move 

drilling mud out into fractures in the "thieving zone" in the well. 

However, the downward flow assists in the cleaning and development of 

the upper part of the hole where there is a gradient toward the 

borehole. Well development generally increases the yield of a consolidated rock well; but which zones are actually developed is rarely 

known. 

Yields and Specific Capacities of Wells 

In most of the Hackensack River basin and Bergen County, the 

Brunswick Formation yields only small to moderate supplies of ground 

water to wells. A few wells outside the study area in Ridgewood, 

N. J., have yields of 500 to 1,000 gpm. 

The frequency of occurrence of yields, specific capacities, 

and depths from available data on wells tapping the Brunswick Formation 

in Bergen County are shown on figures 15, 16, and 17. In general 

for the same frequency of occurrence, industrial and municipal-supply 

well yields are 10 times as great as domestic well yields. Industrial 

and municipal-supply wells are at least twice as deep and have twice 

the specific capacity of domestic wells. The median industrial or 

municipal-supply well is 260 feet deep, yields 100 gpm, and has a 

specific capacity of 1.5 gpm per foot of drawdown; the median domestic 

well is 120 feet deep, yields about 10 gpm, and has a specific capacity 

of about 0. 7 gpm per foot of drawdown. 

The difference between yields of industrial and municipal-supply 

wells and those of domestic wells result from the vastly different 

requirements of the owner, and the economics of well construction 

and development. For most domestic purposes small-diameter (6-inch) 

wells are drilled and the well is typically located for convenience 

and low costs. A well yield of a few gallons a minute is adequate 

and when such a yield is obtained drilling is stopped. Little 

effort is expended in developing the maximum potential yield of the 

well. In contrast, a maximum supply of ground water is sought for 

industrial or municipal-supply wells. Such wells are of large diameter 

(8 to 12 inches) and may be located utilizing the advice of a groundwater consultant. The consultant may specify and supervise drilling 

techniques and the extensive development and testing of the completed 

well. 

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Brunswick Formation in Bergen County. 

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Within the Hackensack River basin areal variations in yields 

and specific capacities of wells tapping the Brunswick are dependent 

on lithology penetrated and position of the wells within the groundwater flow system. In the lower area of the basin the most productive 

wells (300 to 600 gpm) are located in narrow belts along the east 

and west sides of the Hackensack Meadows between the ridges which form 

the divides of the basin and the two troughs. Specific capacity of 

six industrial wells located on the flanks of the meadows are from 

2 to 10 gpm per ft of drawdown whereas 26 wells drilled in the central 

part of the meadows have specific capacities of less than 1.5 gpm per 

ft, and an average specific capacity of less than 1 gpm per ft. The 

higher specific capacities along the flanks of the meadows may be 

due to the presence there of local coarse-grained unconsolidated 

deposits which contain large amounts of water and are hydraulically 

connected to the Brunswick. In the central part of the meadows the 

Brunswick is overlain largely by poorly permeable lake beds. 

In the upper area of the Hackensack River basin wells that 

have higher specific capacities are generally located in valleys 

at higher altitudes (fig. 18). The valleys at higher altitudes 

are areas of ground-water recharge, whereas the valleys at lower altitudes are areas of discharge. In the recharge area ground water 

tends to be lower in dissolved solids, slightly more acidic, and therefore capable of weathering rock and enlarging water-bearing openings 

along joints and other fractures. Ground water in the discharge 

areas has traveled for longer periods and greater distances, is higher 

in dissolved solids, and tends to be in chemical equilibrium with 

adjacent rocks. 

Water Quality 

In Rockland County, New York, Perlmutter (1959, p. 33-41) found 

the ground water in the Brunswick Formation to be relatively low in 

mineral content (median dissolved solids 170 mg/1), of moderate 

hardness (112 mg/1 median), and low in iron (0.06 mg/1 median). The 

chloride content of the water ranged from 2 to 38 mg/1, and the 

median was 8 mg/1. The sulfate content ranged from 5.9 to 64 mg/1 

with a median value of 21 mg/1. The water is acid (pH 5.4) to alkaline 

(pH 8.4) and has a median pH of 7.7o The water is suitable for most 

domestic and industrial use without treatment (Perlmutter, 1951, p. 39) 

The quality of ground water from the Brunswick Formation in the 

upper area of the basin in New Jersey is probably similar to that 

in Rockland County, New York, although the total amount of dissolved 

solids may be slightly higher in New Jerseyo 

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of saturated rock penetrated. 

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Water pumped from the Brunswick in the lower area of the 

basin is hard to very hard (192 to 1,240 mg/1), contains moderate 

amounts of iron (.36 mg/1 median), is alkaline (pH 7.3 to 7.7), 

and highly mineralized (specific conductance 579 to 3,480 micromhos 

per em). Chloride concentrations range from 19 to 755 mg/1 and 

sulfate concentrations from 87 to 966 mg/1. High sulfate concentrations may'be related to the depth of the producing zone, as suggested 

by Herpers and Barksdale (1951, p. 37), but appear to be restricted 

to deep wells in the lower part of the basin where gradients in the 

flow system are low and movement of ground water is negligible. Thus, 

the high sulfate concentrations may represent the quality of water 

in the longest, deepest, and slowest moving flow path in the groundwater-circulation systemo 

Ground water quality in the lower area of the basin, and in 

particular in the meadows, has been affected locally by heavy pumpage 

which has caused the intrusion of poor quality water from both the 

Hackensack River and Newark Bay. Herpers and Barksdale (1951) 

suggest that the intrusion of poor quality water in the vicinity of 

Harrison and Kearny, No J., may, in part, result from the dredging 

of canals in areas adjacent to Newark Bay and the Passaic River 

thereby exposing permeable material to the bay water. Other 

hydraulic connections between the Brunswick Formation and Newark Bay 

and Hackensack and Passaic Rivers may be through (1) sand deposits 

of Holocene age, (2) coarse-grained deltaic deposits formed by the 

ancestral Passaic River in Lake Hackensack during the Pleistocene 

(fig. 5), or (3) gravels of uncertain origin at the base of the 

pre-glacial or inter-glacial stream valley underlying Newark (Herpers 

and Barksdale 1951, p. 20). 

The high sulfate content causes hard scale in boilers and makes 

the water unsuitable for this use. The water in the Brunswick 

Formation in the lower area of the basin is suitable for cooling 

although some corrosion problems will be experienced because of the 

high chloride content. 

Diabase 

Diabase, which has a very low primary porosity, contains ground 

water in joints and fractures. These openings decrease in size and 

number with depth below land surface and probably become too narrow 

to yield significant amounts of ground water below a depth of 300 

feet. Yields of wells tapping the diabase are too low to consider 

the diabase as a potential source of ground water for other than 

small supplies~ The median yield of 10 domestic wells in the diabase 

in Rockland County is 5 gpm (Perlmutter, 1959, Po 23). Industrial 

wells drilled in the diabase on the east side of the meadows generally 

yield less than 35 gpm; however, one well yielded 100 gpmo 

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Ground Water in Unconsolidated Deposits 

Ground water occurs in the interstices, or pores, between grains 

in unconsolidated depositso Unconsolidated deposits in the Hackensack 

River basin consist of till, varved silt and clay, alluvium, sand 

and gravelo Small quantities of ground water are stored in till 

which overlies the bedrock throughout most of the basin. Till 

characteristically has low permeability because of its poorly sorted 

nature and does not yield water to wells in sufficient quantities 

for other than domestic use. Deposits of varved silt and clay 

such as the lake beds that overlie bedrock and till in most of the 

meadows, are poorly permeable and impede the movement, discharge, 

and recharge of water. Alluvium is thin, not widely distributed, 

and has little value as a source of ground water. 

Sand and gravel may store and transmit large quantities of ground 

water where they are coarse, saturated, and near a source of recharge. 

However, areas in the Hackensack River basin where large supplies of 

ground water may be developed from coarse sand and gravel are limited. 

In the upper area of the basin only small quantities of ground water 

have been developed from unconsolidated deposits with the exception 

of a few wells at Park Ridge where recharge is induced from Pascack 

Brooke Furthermore, large-scale ground-water development in the 

limited areas along stream valleys would reduce streamflow which is 

currently utilized for water supply at Oradell Reservoir. 

Coarse sand and gravel deposited in deltas at the mouths of 

streams that entered Lake Hackensack (fig. 5), yield large supplies 

of ground water at Hackensack, Rutherford, and Newark. Deltaic 

deposits at Westwood, Ridge Edge, Lyndhurst, and in the southern part 

of Hackensack have not been outlined by drilling and may be small and 

thus have little potential as sources of ground-water. 

In a narrow area between the eastern buried valley and the 

Palisades Ridge is a poorly defined but probably continuous sequence 

of coarse sand and gravel that extends at least as far north as 

Englewood and possibly as far north as Closter (fig. 5). Near North 

Bergen, wells yielding more than 300 gpm derive water from the sand 

and gravel where they are in hydraulic connection with the Hackensack 

Rivero 

The chemical quality of ground water in the unconsolidated 

deposits in the Hackensack Meadows is highly influenced by the quality 

of water in the Hackensack River and waters that flood the meadows 

as a result of tideso Pumping has reversed the natural gradients 

and induced recharge from these generally highly mineralized sources. 

For example, heavy pumping at Hackensack and near North Bergen has 

induced recharge of poor chemical quality from the Hackensack River 

into the sand and gravel aquifers. 

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As the upper area of the basin has become more urbanized and 

water demands have increased, progressively smaller quantities of 

fresh water have been permitted to enter the meadows from upstream 

sources of the Hackensack River. During the drought from 1960 to 

1965 practically no fresh water flowed into the meadows. Furthermore, 

the lower area is used for disposal of 57 mgd of sewage and industrial 

wastes, an amount equivalent to about one third the average precipitation 

that falls on the areao The preceding combination of factors makes 

surface water of poor quality available for induced recharge to the 

unconsolidated deposits in the meadows. This water is suitable for 

cooling if precautions are taken to prevent corrosion by water that 

may have a chloride content of several thousand milligrams per litero 

SUMMARY AND CONCLUSIONS 

Bedrock in the Hackensack River basin is composed of sedimentary 

and igneous rocks of the Newark Group of Triassic ageo The Brunswick 

Formation of the Newark Group is composed of mudstone, siltstone, and 

sandstone and is the most important bedrock aquifer in the basin. 

Water occurs in this formation in a network of interconnected openings 

formed along joints, fractures, and solution openings. Because 

of preferential alinement of these openings the formation is anisotropic 

greatest permeability and the major component of water movement in 

response to pumping is parallel to the strike of the beds. Consequently, 

well fiel@s designed with wells alined transverse to the strike would 

have minimum interference between wells~ 

The zone in the Brunswick Formation that contains fresh-waterbearing openings is generally less than 200 feet thick in the main 

valleys of the Hackensack River and Pascack Brook. In upland areas 

the zone is greater than 300 feet thick and may be as much as 400 

to 500 feet thick. 

The median reported yield of industrial and public supply wells 

tapping the Brunswick Formation in Bergen County, which includes 

most of the Hackensack River basin is 100 gpm. The median specific 

capacity of wells tapping the Brunswick is 1.5 gpm per ft drawdown. 

The most productive wells (300 to 600 gpm) are located in narrow 

belts on the east and west flanks of the Hackensack Meadows where the 

Brunswick Formation is hydraulically connected to coarse-grained, 

highly permeable, unconsolidated deposits. 

The Stockton and Lockatong Formations of the Newark Group have 

very limited areal extent and are not important aquifers in the 

basin. Diabase, an igneous rock, yields small quantities of water to 

wells; generally less than 35 gpm to industrial wells. 

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Overlying the Newark Group throughout the basin are unconsolidated 

deposits consisting of alluvium of Holocene age and till, varved 

silt and clay, and sand and gravel of Pleistocene age. The sand and 

gravel have value as a source of ground water, yielding large supplies 

(greater than 300 gpm) of ground water locally. 

Ground water from the Brunswick Formation in the upper area of 

the basin is relatively low in mineral content and of moderate 

hardness. Water from the Brunswick in the lower area is hard to 

very hard and highly mineralized. Here the water quality in both the 

Brunswick and unconsolidated deposits is influenced by water quality 

of the Hackensack River and Newark Bay. Heavy pumpage has induced 

recharge of poor quality water, high in chloride, from these sources. 

Both surface and ground-water quality in the lower area is influenced 

by the disposal of large quantities of sewage and industrial wastes 

in the Hackensack Meadows. 

Utilization of surface water in the Hackensack River basin 

above Oradell Reservoir is approaching its maximum limit. Consequently, 

development of additional water $upplies from the ground water 

reservoir is limited, because it would decrease surface-water supplies. 

Ground-water development is limited also by the small amount of ground 

water stored in the basin and by the intrusion of surface water of 

poor quality into the ground-water reservoir in the lower area of 

the basin. 

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TABLES 

Table 1 indicates the construction and yield characteristics 

of selected wells in the Hackensack River basin. Aquifer designations are: Trb Brunswick Formation, Trdb diabase, Q Quaternary 

deposits. The use of the well is indicated by letter symbols which 

are: A abandoned, C commercial, D domestic, I industrial, and T test 

well. In the remarks column the current status and use of the well 

and quality of produced water is further defined where known. The 

letters BT indicate that borehole velocity measurements were made in 

the well during the course of this investigation. The location of 

the wells is shown on figure 2. The wells are numbered serially in 

each political subdivision. Table 2 is a compilation of chemical 

data on water from wells in the New Jersey part of the basin. 

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Table 1.--RECORDS OF SELECTED WELLS IN THE HACKENSACK RIVER BASIN 

Total Depth Depth 

A1ti- depth to Diam- to Static 

tude drilled bedrock eter which level 

..... 0~>'ner above below below of well is Screen below Dra~v- Specific 

c, or New Jersey Year msl lsd lsd well cased setting lsd Yield down Capacity 

:3: Tenant Grid No. Driller Drilled (ft) (ft) (ft) (in) (ft) (ft) Aquifer (ft) (gpm) (ft) (gpm/ft) Use Remarks 

BERGEN COUNTYALPINE 

1 Virgil L. King 23.45.4. 7.5 Georgi 1-20-50 llO 105 21 6 28 -- Trdb 4 12 71 0.2 D 

2 James S. 

Carson 23.44.6.6.3 Richardson 8-28-51 340 121 -- 6 47 -- do. 14 30 6 5.0 D 

BERGENFIELD 

1 H. Patterson & 

Sons 26.4.2.2.5 Rinbrand 5-8-50 70 200 20 8 20 -- Trb 11 55 49 1.1 c Greenhouse 

2 Grand Union Co 26.4.1.5.6 Burrows 6-2-53 130 102 35 6 36 -- do. 12 80 35 2.3 c Air Conditioning 

3 John Vetter 26.4.1.6.4 Rinbrand 4-14-55 100 105 10 6 28 -- do. 25 5 10 .5 D 

BOGOTA 

1 Bogota Water 

Co. 26.4.4.7.4 -- -- 17 275 -- 8 -- -- Trb 50 180 -- -- A 

2 do. do. -- -- 59 550 -- 10 -- -- do. 50 180 -- -- A 

3 do. 26.4.4.4.8 -- 10-38 69 350 8.5 12-10 50 -- do. 0 179 75 2.4 PS Emergency use 

4 do. 26.4.4.7.1 Rinbrand 6-46 59 235 10.5 18-12 45.5 -- do. 0 153 180 .8 PS do. 

CARLSTADT 

1 Hackensack 

Water Co. 26.13.2.2.6 Artesian 8-54 5 103 86 8 93 -- Q -- -- -- -- T Abandoned 

2 do. 26.3.8.8.8 do. 2-55 5 271 263 8-6 263 -- Q 17 -- --· -- T do. 

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Table 1. --RECORDS OF SELECTED WEllS IN THE HACKENSACK RIVER BASIN 

Total Depth Depth 

Alti- depth to Diam- to Static 

tude drilled bedrock eter which level 

Owner above below below of well is Screen below Draw- Specific 

...... Year msl lsd lsd well cased setting lsd Yield down Capacity or New Jersey 

~ Tenant Grid No. Driller Drilled (ft) (ft) (ft) (in) (ft) (ft) Aquifer (ft) (gpm) (ft) (gpm/ft) Use Remarks 

BERGEN COUNTYCARLSTADT-Cant 

3 Hackensack Abandoned-high 

Water Co. 26.3.8.8.8 Artesian 11-55 5 86 -- 8 65 65-70 Q -- 305 30 11.6 T mineral content 

CLOSTER 

l Theodore 

Landgren 23.44.3.9.1 E. Hamilton l-11-51 80 106 73 6 73 -- Trs 30 10 25 0.4 D 

2 Richard Snyder 23.44.3.9.2 Georgi 10-22-51 180 llO 35 6 36 -- do. -- 8 -- -- D 

3 Porfiris G. 

Paccagnini 23.44.3.4.6 J. W. Sildtema l-1-52 80 65 16 6 16 -- Trb 2 12 16 0.8 D 

4 Frank Massaro 23.44.2.9.9 Richardson l-15-52 50 86 56 6 56 -- do. 6 20 14 1.4 D 

5 Gabriel 

Magnabos Co. 23.44.3.9.1 Georgi 8-8-52 120 123 -- 6 53 -- Trs 1.5 10 7 1.4 D 

6 Giovinazzo 

Bros. Co. 23.44.3.4.8 Rinbrand 4-27-54 50 105 -- 6 40 -- Trb l 10 9 l.l D 

7 Hackensack AbandonedWater Co. 23.44.2.8.4 Artesian 9-28-58 40 75 -- 8 72 -- Q -- -- -- -- T casing pulled 

8 Charles 

Stambaugh 23.44.3.7.6 C. Sikkema 12-28-58 115 85 40 6 40 -- Trs 2 50 -- -- D 

CRESSKILL 

l William Koch 23.44.6.8.7 Georgi 8-27-51 140 68 32 6 32 -- Trs 8 7 24 .3 D 

2 Hoke Valve Co 23.44.6.7.4 Burrows 10-57 40 279 72 8 73 -- Trb 0 250 96 2.6 c Air conditioning 

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Table 1. --RECORDS OF SELECTED WELLS IN THE HACKENSACK RIVER BASIN 

Total Depth Depth 

Alti- depth to Diam- to Static 

tude drilled bedrock eter which level 

...... Owner above below below of well is Screen below Draw- Specific 

i or New Jersey Year msl lsd lsd well cased setting lsd Yield down Capacity 

Tenant Grid No. Driller Drilled (ft) (ft) (ft) (in) (ft) (ft) Aquifer (ft) (gpm) (ft) (gpm/ft) Use Remarks 

BERGEN COUNTYCRESSKILL-Cont 

3 Hoke Valve Co 23.44.6.7.4 Burrows 4-24-58 40 276 72 8 73 -- Trb 0 329 -- -- c Air Conditioning 

DEMAREST 

1 John F. Wuerth 23.44.6.3.7 Rinbrand 7-28-48 79 127 -- 6 41 -- Trs 10 2 -- -- D 

2 Otto Boeltchei 23.44.5.3.6 Richardson 4-15-52 40 144 103 6 103 -- Trb 27 15 18 .8 D 

DUMONT 

1 Henry J. Sea 1' 23.44.5.7.6 Bummerlyn 2-8-55 140 185 -- 6 18 -- Trb 10 25 15 1.7 --

E ~ RUTHERFORD 

1 Alpha 

Refining Co. 26.13.2.9.8 -- -- 5 400 -- -- -- -- Trb -- 115 -- -- I 

2 Trubek Labs -- -- 1933 5 140 -- 8 -- -- Q -- 100 -- -- I 

3 do. 26.13.2.2.2 Rinbrand 5-49 10 140 -- 8 110 110-140 Q 6 500 4-4 11.4 I 

4 do. 26.13.2.1.6 do. 10-14-58 5 146 -- 10 1Lf0 140-146 Q 40 400 70 5.7 I 

5 do. 26.13.2.1.4 do. 10-10-56 5 201 -- 10 191 191-201 Q 20 105 130 .8 I 

6 do. 26.13.2.1.5 do. 10-1-56 5 140 -- 10 120 120-140 Q 15 250 95 2.6 I 

7 Caughey Bar 26.13.2.1.3 Burrows 8-14-51 10 276 201 6 201 -- Trb 25 45 38 1.2 c Air Conditioning 

8 Belmead Dev. 

Corp. 26.13. 2. 9. 3 Artesian 9-17-48 5 416 260 6 277 -- Trb 10 27 7 3.8 I 

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Table 1.--RECORDS OF SELECTED ~~LLS IN THE HACKE~SACK RIVER BASIN 

Total Depth Depth 

Alti- depth to Diam- to Static 

tude drilled bedrock eter which level 

o~.·ner above below below of well is- Screen below Draw- Specific 

...-< 

or New Jersey Year msl lsd lsd well cased setting 1sd Yield down Capacity 

:i Tenant Grid No. Driller Drilled (ft) (ft) (ft) (in) (ft) (ft) Aquifer (ft) (gpm) (f t) (gpm/ft) Use Remarks 

BERGEN COUNTYE. RUTHERFORDCont. 

9 Vestal 

Builders Inc. 26.13.2.9.4 Algier 8-20-54 5 130 95 6 95 -- Trb 15 20 15 1.3 c 

EMERSON 

1 Emerson Hotel 23.44.1.7.5 Burrows 2-17-53 30 65 -- 6 45 45-55 Q 4 40 40 1.0 c 

2 Magnetic 

Devices Corp. 23. 44.1. 7. 5 Rinbrand 3-31-59 40 175 -- 6 80 -- Trb 1 35 14 2.5 I 

3 Hackensack 

Water Co. 23.44.1.8.2 Artesian 4-9-65 30 478 77 12 78 -- Trb flows 200 78 2.5 PS BT 

ENGLEWOOD 

1 L.F. Morrissey 26.4.5.3.8 Rinbrand 4-52 190 195 -- 6 20 -- Trdb 2 20 62 0.3. D 

2 Dumont Corp. 26.4.5.3.7 Algier 5-2-52 10 410 55 8 55 -- Trb flows 60 150 .4 I 

3 Tube Sales 26.4.5.5.8 Artesian 5-53 5 450 67 10 89 -- Trb 3 82 187 .4 c 

4 Grand Union Co 26.4.2.9.2 Burrows 11-18-53 40 158 76 6 90 -- Trb 18 180 30 6.0 c 

5 C & C Realty 26.4.5.5.2 Artesian 12-53 5 354 135 8 135 -- Trb flows 115 187 . 6 I 

6 Tube Sales 26.4.5.5.8 do. 3-54 5 470 -- 10 101 -- Trb 10 20 190 .1 I 

7 Solo Products 26.4.5.8.1 Burrows 1-28-54 3 200 71 8-6 50 -- Trb 3 250 22 11.3 I 

8 do. do. -- -- 5 200 -- 6 -- -- Trb -- 55 -- -- --

9 Paramont Photo 26.4.5.5.6 -- 6-55 10 310 -- 6 64 -- Trb 1 100 59 1.7 I 

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Table 1. --RECORDS OF SELECTED i'i'ELLS IN THE HACKENSACK RI\'ER BASIN 

Total Depth Depth 

Alti- depth to Diam- to Static 

tude drilled bedrock eter which level 

0\\"Tier above below below of well is Screen below Dra1.,r- Specific 

or New Jersey Year msl lsd lsd well cased setting lsd Yield down Capacity 

:i Tenant Grid No. Driller Drilled (ft) (ft) (ft) (in) (ft) (ft) Aquifer (ft) (gpm) (ft) (gpm/ft) Use Remarks 

BERGEN COUNTYENGLEWOOD-Cent 

10 Cart-Wright 

Ind 26.4.5.8.1 C. Sikkema 10-12-60 25 298 ll5 6 115 -- Trb 2 100 88 1.1 I 

HACKENSACK 

1 Hackensack 

Water Co. 26.3.6.3.2 Artesian 5-54 24 194 183 8 146 141-166 Q 17 670 64 10.5 T 

2 do. do. do. 9-15-54 14 168 -- 36-20 149 149-168 Q 20 1700 83 20.5 PS 

3 do. do. do. 7-15-54 14 200 200 8-6 180 179-188 Q 9 215 81 2.6 T 

4 do. do. do. 7-21-55 25 190 -- 20 168 168 Q 7 1420 100 14.2 PS 

5 Noca Corp. 26.3.6.6.1 -- 10-45 20 240 -- 12 -- -- Trb -- 300 -- -- --

6 Metropolitan 

Playhouses 26.3.6.6.1 Lauman 1-19-49 25 252 -- 8 238 234-252 Q 19 150 116 1.3 c 

7 J. Muscare11e 26.3.3.8.5 Rinbrand 10-12-49 80 185 -- 6 32 -- Trb 35 30 -~ -- D 

8 Bergen Evening 

Record 26.3.6.6.7 Artesian 1-51 5 504 236 10 236 -- Trb 2 140 157 0.9 c 

9 Red Lion Inn 26.3.6.3.5 Burrows 12-12-53 30 241 222 10-6 211 209-216 Q 17 400 82 4.9 c 

10 Food Fair 

Stores Inc. 26.3.6.6.7 do. 11-54 10 525 270 10-9 270 -- Trb 70 55 130 .4 u 

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Table 1.--RECORDS OF SELECTED WELLS IN THE HACKENSACK RIVER BASIN 

Total Depth Depth 

Alti- depth to Diam- to Static 

tude drilled bedrock eter which level 

..... Owner above below below of well is Screen below Draw- Specific 

or New Jersey Year msl lsd lsd well cased setting lsd Yield down Capacity 

~ Tenant Grid No. Driller Drilled (ft) (ft) (ft) (in) (ft) (ft) Aquifer (ft) (gpm) (ft) (gpm/ft) Use Remarks 

BERGEN COUNTYHACKENSACKCont. 

11 Board of 

Education 26.3.6.5.5 Rinbrand 10-7-55 15 200 -- 8 46 -- Trb 20 100 60 1.7 c Irrigation 

12 Spartan 

Typographers 26.3.3.9.5 do. L0-12-55 20 145 -- 10 135 135 Q 25 75 45 1.7 c 

13 Galler 

Bottling Co, 26.3.6.5.7 Artesian 12-17-56 10 390 123 8 133 -- Trb 13 253 62 4.1 I 

14 Seilheimer 

Beverage Co. 26.3.6.9.1 do. 4-8-58 10 415 104 8 115 -- Trb 8 76 112 . 7 I 

15 Hackensa·ck 

Cable Co. 26.3.3.9.4 Rinbrand 9-21-57 10 439 112 10 120 -- Trb 40 55 160 .3 I 

16 do. do. do. 8-1-58 15 120 -- 10 106 105 Q 28 171 72 2.4 I 

17 Bowler City 26.3.6.5.9 do. 9-20-58 10 400 -- 8 120 -- Trb 25 108 -- -- c 

18 Tobiason & 

Son 26.3.6.3.4 Ziegenfuss 3-31-53 20 120 -- 6 34 -- Trb 8 12 32 .4 c 

19 Central Auto 

Laundry 26.3.6.6.4 Sikkema 2-2-50 50 325 258 6 258 -- Trb 3 50 53 .9 c 

HARRINGTON 

Abandoned- 1 Hackensack 

Water Co. 23.44.2.8.1 Artesian 7-54 40 95 -- -- -- -- Q -- -- -- -- T casing pulled 

2 do. 23.44.2. 7.3 do. 8-54 40 96 82 8 70 70-79 Q 13.5 180 44 4.1 T 

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Table 1. --RECORDS OF SELECTED !>.'ELLS IN THE :.t;c!(E;;SACK RIVER BASIN 

Total Depth Depth 

Alti- depth to Diam- to Static 

tude drilled bedrock eter which level 

0\o.'ner above below below of well is Screen below Draw- Specific 

~ 

or New Jersey Year msl lsd lsd well cased setting lsd Yield down Capacity 

:i Tenant Grid No. Driller Drilled (ft) (ft) (ft) (in) (ft) (ft) Aquifer (ft) (gpm) (ft) (gpm/ft) Use Remarks 

BERGEN COUNTYHARRINGTON 

Cont. 

!Abandoned3 Hackensack 

Water Co. 23.44.2.7.1 Artesian 2-55 35 89 79 8 -- -- Q -- -- -- -- T casing pulled 

4 do. do; do. 6-56 40 106 -- 8 80 80-87 Q 12.2 133 48 2.8 T 

5 do. 23.44.2.7.3 do. 7-56 40 94 -- 8 -- -- Q -- -- -- -- T Abandonedcasing pulled 

6 do. do. do. 4-18-65 40 420 99 8 102 -- Trb -- -- -- -- T BT 

HAWORTH 

1 Myrtle Compte 23.44.2. 7.9 Rinbrand 11-1-51 40 100 44 6 44 -- Trb 20 10 -- -- D 

2 Dominic 

Serafine 23.44.5.3.7 Richardson 12-1-52 110 106 23 6 23 -- Trb 17 25 13 1.9 D 

3 Ralph Car1etta 23.44.4.6.1 Burrows 2-14-54 30 260 138 6 138 -- Trb 30 10 80 .1 D 

4 Hackensack 

Water Co. 23.44.4.2.7 Artesian 4-54 30 162 158 8 158 -- Q -- -- -- -- T Casing removed 

5 do. 23.44.4.2.8 do. 6-54 30 125 110 8 112 -- Q -- -- -- -- T do. 

6 do. 23.44.4.2.7 do. 6-54 20 227 204 8 -- -- Q -- -- -- -- -- do. 

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Table 1. --RECORDS OF SELECTED 1-t:LLS I:\ THE H.-\CKE:\SACK RIVER BASIN 

Total Depth Depth 

Alti- depth to Diam- to Static 

tude drilled bedrock eter which level 

~ 

Owner above below below of well is Screen below Draw- Specific 

:i or New Jersey Year msl lsd lsd well cased setting lsd Yield down Capacity 

Tenant Grid No. Driller Drilled (ft) (ft) (ft) (in) (ft) (ft) Aquifer (ft) (gpm) (ft) {gpm/ft) Use Remarks 

BERGEN COUNTYHILLSDALE 

l Alfred 

Campbell 23.33.9.5.3 Rinbrand 9-7-49 120 135 33 6 33 -- Trb 20 10 -- -- D 

2 Richard Prell 23.33.9.7.3 Wm. Sikkema 6-10-56 420 170 34 6 34 -- Trb 90 12 -- -- D 

3 Earl F. Barsh 23.33.9.9.4 D.W. Sikkema 7-7-52 220 110 32 6 32 -- Trb 4 30 l? 2.5 D 

4 Roger Schliet 23.33.8.6.9 Wm. Sikkema 1-28-59 145 165 20 6 20 -- Trb 26 40 -- -- D 

5 Leo R. Goldman 23.33.9.8.8 C. Sikkema 2-9-59 175 150 21 6 21 -- Trb 8 35 14 2.5 D 

6 Hackensack 

Water Co. 23.33.9.5.9 Artesian 3-31-65 70 456 69 8 44 -- Trb flows 190 70 2.7 PS 

LITTLE FERRY 

1 Atlas Plastics 26.3.9.3.7 Georgi 9-15-48 10 157 50 6 54 -- Trb 18 17 52 .3 I 

LYNDHURST 

l L. DelGrasso 26.13.1.8.2 Burrows 4-30:..52 65 110 23 6 23 -- Trb 24 55 16 3.4 -- Air Conditioning 

MONTVALE 

1 Rosario Blanda 23.34.4.8.2 Rinbrand 11-18-48 240 125 -- 6 31 -- Trb 20 9 12 .8 D 

2 Andre Piplate 23.33.6.1.6 E. Hamilton 2-10-52 450 118 45 6 47 -- Trb 35 12 7 1.7 D 

3 Edward De Pierc 23.33.6.2.7 C. Sikkema 7-8-52 396 118 74 6 74 -- Trb 64 24 -- -- D 

4 !P. Belnay 23.33.6.1.6 J. Sikkema 7-16-52 448 136 64 6 64 -- Trb 50 18 4 4.5 D 

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Table 1.--RECORDS OF SELECTED ~~LLS IN THE HACKENSACK RIVER BASIN 

Total Depth Depth 

Alti- depth to Diam- to Static 

tude drilled bedrock eter which level 

...... Cfu11er above below below of well is Screen below Dra•T- Specific 

or New Jersey Year msl lsd lsd well cased setting lsd Yield down Capacity 

~ Tenant Grid No. Driller Drilled (ft) (ft) (ft) (in) (ft) (ft) Aquifer (ft) (gpm) (ft) (gpm/ft) Use Remarks 

BERGEN COUNTYMONTVALE-Cont 

5 Standard Oil 23.33.5.3.9 Algier Bros. 1-6-56 430 110 35 6 35 -- Trb 20 20 20 1 c 

6 Texas Co. 23.33.5.6.7 C. Sikkema 1-6-59 430 150 85 6 85 -- Trb 60 30 26 1.1 c 

MOONACHIE 

1 Hackensack 8-139 

Water Co. 26.3.8.6.8 Artesian 6-27-55 5 243 233 8-6 6-233 113-123 Q 23 60 177 .3 T Casing removed 

2 Frank A. Rity 26.3.8.9.5 Peerless 5-26-52 5 166 131 6 131 -- Trb 30 20 30 • 7 I 

3 Little Ferry 

Al. Foil & 

Bronze 26.3.8.9.8 A. Wilhelm 10-18-51 5 160 96 6 96 -- Trb 30 5 20 .2 I 

4 Atlantic Pipe 

Bending & Fab. 26.3.8.9.6 do. 10-22-51 5 160 79 6 79 -- Trb 15 5 35 .1 I 

5 Terminal Const. 26.3.9.7.9 do. 10-6-51 5 190 ll3 6 113 -- Trb 20 10 10 1.0 c 

NEW MILFORD 

1 Food Fair Mkt. 23.44.4.1.8 Burrows 6-16-62 3 438 244 8 244 234-244 Q 1 100 200 .5 c 

2 W.H. Byrne 23.44.4.9.7 Richardson 9-6-52 55 106 39 6 39 -- Trb 16 15 9 1.7 D 

3 Hackensack W.C 23.44.4.4.9 Artesian 4-54 30 122 113 8 118 -- Q -- -- -- -- T Casing removed 

4 do. 23.44.4.7.3 Artesian 4-8-65 30 400 90 8 95 -- Trb 8 20 165 .1 T BT 

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Table 1.--RECORDS OF SELECTED WELLS IN THE HACKENSACK RIVER BASIN 

Total Depth Depth 

Alti- depth to Diam- to Static 

tude drilled bedrock eter which level 

..-< Owner above below below of well is Screen below Draw- Specific 

~ or New Jersey Year msl lsd lsd well cased setting 1sd Yield down Capacity 

Tenant Grid No. Driller Drilled (ft) (ft) (ft) (in) (ft) (ft) Aquifer (ft) (gpm) (ft) (gpm/ft) Use Remarks 

BERGEN COUNTYN. ARLINGTON 

1 Food Fair 

Stores 26.13.4.7.1 Burrows ll-26-56 105 320 30 8 30 -- Trb !+2 82 108 .8 u 

NORTI:NALE 

1 Richard 

Rosenberg 23.34.9.4.8 J.W. Sikkema 4-8-49 265 185 88 6 88 -- Trb 7 20 5 4 D Boys Camp 

NORWOOD 

1 J.F. McDonald 23.44.3.6.6 Rinbrand 10-25-48 100 140 -- 6 30 -- Trdb 30 ll -- -- D 

2 Shaum WiltshirE 23.34.9. 7.8 do. 8-30-49 120 120 30 6 30 -- Trdb 25 6 2 3 D 

3 Frank Heenan 23.34.9.7.8 do. 10-14-51 40 175 -- 6 58 -- Trdb 35 10 l 10 D 

4 Hackensack W.C. 23.44.3.4.5 Artesian 7-25-55 25 54 so 8 -- -- Q 4 -- -- -- T Casing pulled 

5 do. do. do. 10-55 40 400 138 18-12 156 -- Trb flows -- -- -- T 

OLD TAPPAN 

1 Leon Gielis 23.34.7.6.2 Rinbrand 6-30-49 126 125 -- 6 28 -- Trb 15 5 5 1 D 

2 E. Rappold 23.34.8.6.1 do. 10-19-49 126 135 35 6 35 -- Trb 18 10 4 2.5 D 

3 Madlia Hadley 23.34.8.6.3 do. ll-9-50 100 130 -- 6 42 -- Trb 22 10 8 1.2 D 

4 John Pest 23.34.8.9.3 Richardson 9-8-51 100 70 -- 6 23 -- Trb 4 25 16 1.6 D 

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Table 1.--RECORDS OF SELECTED WELLS IN THE HACKENSACK RIVER BASIN 

; 

Total Depth Depth 

Alti- depth to Diam- to Static 

tude drilled bedrock eter which level 

Owner above below below of well is Screen below Draw- Specific 

,...... 

or New Jersey Year msl lsd lsd well cased setting lsd Yield down Capacity 

~ Tenant Grid No. Driller Drilled (ft) (ft) (ft) (in) (ft) (ft) Aquifer (ft) (gpm) (ft) (gpm/ft) Use Remarks 

' BERGEN COUNTYOLD TAPPANCont. 

5 Lester Bennett 23.34.8.9.3 Richardson 12-28-51 100 61 -- 6 24 -- Trb 5 25 15 1.7 D 

6 W.H. Samstead 23.34.8.3.9 do. 2-13-52 126 84 -- 6 51 -- Trb 23 20 2 10.0 D 

7 C. De Wolf 23.34.8.2.9 do. 10-23-52 100 127 -- ~ 41 -- Trb 13 40 17 2.3 D 

! 8 Wm. Damm 23,34.7.9.2 Burrows 11-14-53 110 82 33 6 34.5 -- Trb 10 20 -- -- D 

9 Hackensack W.C. 23.34.7.9.1 Artesian 9-15-54 55 451 -- 18-12 84 -- Trb 0 150 138 1.1 T 

; 10 Hackensack W.C. 23.34.7.9.2 Artesian 9-54 55 75 70 8 68 -- Q -- -- -- -- T I 

!u do. 23.34.7.9.1 do. do. 55 75 69 8 69 -- Q -- -- -- -- T 

112 do. 23.34.7.9.6 do. do. 55 68 60 8 60 -- Q -- -- -- -- T 

I 

ORADELL 

1 Cronenberg 

Homes 23.43.6.2.3 Rinbrand 6-2-50 100 150 23 6 32 -- Trb 10 20 -- -- D 

2 Walter Brown 23.43.6.6.8 do. 12-24-52 70 105 19 6 29 -- Trb 7 10 -- -- D 

l 3 Hackensack W.C. 23.44.4.1. 9 Artesian 8-54 30 163 155 8 154 -- Q -- -- -- -- T Casing removed. 

I 4 do. 23.44.4.2. 7 do. 10-54 30 203 194 8 168 -- Q -- -- -- -- T Casing removed. 

5 do. 23.44.4.4.2 do. 2-55 30 63 -- 8 -- -- Q -- -- -- -- T Casing removed. 

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Table 1. --RECORDS OF SELECTED WELLS IN THE HACKENSACK RIVER BASIN 

Total Depth Depth 

Alti- depth to Diam- to Static 

tude drilled bedrock eter which level 

Owner above below below of well is Screen below Draw- Specific 

Of New Jersey Year msl lsd lsd well cased setting lsd Yield down Capacity 

~ Tenant Grid No. Driller Drilled (ft) (ft) (ft) (in) (ft) (ft) Aquifer (ft) (gpm) (ft) (gpm/ft) Use Remarks 

BERGEN COUNTYPARAMUS 

l H.C. Thomsen 23.43.6.5.8 Rinbrand 6-18-49 110 110 29 6 29 -- Trb 45 6 -- -- D 

2 B. Zelauch 23.43.6.5.3 do. 4-30-49 80 100 23 6 23 -- Trb 16 7 -- -- D 

3 Cooper Plywood 

& Door Co. 23.43.6.7.8 do. 8-10-51 80 75 22 6 22 -- ·Trb 12 10 1 10 c 

4 H. Ferrante 23.43.3.7.8 W.J. Sikkema 3-20-53 70 161 87 6 87 -- Trb 16 45 -- -- D 

5 Blue Ridge 

Stables 23.43.6.8.8 Burrows 6-29-53 50 126 -- 6 42 -- Trb 12 30 20 1.5 c 

6 Karl Andres 23.43.6.5.2 Rinbrand 10-25-53 80 95 28 6 28 -- Trb 2 7 18 .4 D 

7 Hackensack W.C 23 . 43. 6. 1. 2 Artesian 7-1-54 60 66 59 8 -- -- Q ·-- -- -- -- T Casing removed. 

8 do. 23.43.6.2.1 do. 7-54 60 69 56 8 54 -- Q -- -- -- -- T Casing removed. 

9 do. do. do. 8-54 60 59 49 8 49 -- Q -- -- -- -- T do. 

10 Elton R. Baird 26.3.3.1.9 Rinbrand 8-22-48 80 118 -- 6 30 -- Trb 6 10 10 1.0 D 

11 B. Puchaleshi 

& J. Falk 26.3.3.4.2 do. 7-21-51 80 125 30 6 30 -- Trb 17 10 -- -- D 

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Table 1.--RECORDS OF SELECTED ~~LLS IN THE HACKE~SACK RIVER BASI~ 

Total Depth Depth 

Alti- depth to Diam- to Static 

tude drilled bedrock eter which level 

...... Owner above below below of well is Screen below Draw- Specific 

i or New Jersey Year msl lsd lsd well cased setting lsd Yield down Capacity 

Tenant Grid No. Driller Drilled (ft) (ft) (ft) (in) (ft) (ft) Aquifer (ft) (gpm) (ft) (gpm/ft) Use Remarks 

BERGEN COUNTYPARK RIDGE 

1 W. Darkert 23.34.7.2.7 A. Wilhelm 1-14-52 150 150 97 6 97 -- Trb 35 15 20 .8 D 

2 G. E. Klug 23.33.6.6.9 Algier Bros. 7-12-54 160 200 68 6 68 -- Trb 27 60 33 1.8 I 

3 Glen Rock Girl 

Scout Camp 23.33.6.7.1 C. Sikkema 7--24-59 220 90 -- 6 32 -- Trb 5 so 13 3.8 D 

4 Boro of Park 

Ridge 23.33.6.9.8 J. F. Harris 1924 120 252 35 16-12 35 -- Trb 4 200 84 2.4 PS 

5 do. do. Grundy 1925 145 435 35 12-10 120 -- Trb -- 185 130 1.4 PS 

6 do. 23.33.6.7.8 J. P. Harris 7-23-34 300 502 12 17-12 62 -- Trb 32 160 164 1.0 PS 

7 do. 23.34.4.7. 7 Rinbrand 4-1-48 97 445 138 12 144.2 -- Trb 45 170 115 1.5 PS 

8 do. 23.33.9.3.1 Artesian 2-55 100 41 41 22 30 -- Q 5 207 20 10.1 PS 

9 do. 23.33.9.3.5 do. 2-55 100 38 -- 22 36 -- Q 2 200 30 6.7 PS 

10 do. 23.33.9.3.2 Caisson Wells 5-26-59 no 400 58 100 36 36-38 Q & Trb 1.35 719 23 31.4 PS 

11 do. 23.33.9.3.2 do. 3-3-54 110 24 -- -- 27 .s 22-23 Q 5 210 11+.3 14.7 PS 

12 do. 23.33.9.5.2 Burrows 9-58 103 663 45 12-8 60 28-38 Q & Trb 5.25 302 25 12.8 PS 

13 do. 23.33.6.8.3 do. 11-12-65 240 450 42 18-12 57 -- Trb 6 172 114 1.5 PS BT 

I I - 56 -
Table 1.--RECORDS OF SELECTED WELLS IN THE HACKENSACK RIVER BASIN 

Total Depth Depth 

Alti- depth to Diam- to Static 

tude drilled bedrock eter which level 

-< Owner above below below of well is Screen below Draw- Specific 

:i or New Jersey Year msl lsd lsd well cased setting lsd Yield down Capacity 

Tenant Grid No. Driller Drilled (ft) (ft) (ft) (in) (ft) (ft) Aquifer (ft) (gpm) (ft) (gpm/ft) Use Remarks 

BERGEN COUNTYPARK RIDGECont. 

14 Boro of Park 

Ridge 23.33.6.8.3 Burrows 1965 240 300 47 8 47 -- Trb 8 151 127 1.2 TS 

15 do. 23.33.6.5.7 Rinbrand 1966 265 300 45 8 45 -- Trb 18 132 184 . 7 T 

16 do. 23.33.9.2.1 Burrows 1966 180 305 11 10 16 -- Trb 3 173 106 1.6 T 

RIDGEFIELD 

1 Merrill Corp. 26.14.1. 2. 9 Rinbrand 10-30-48 10 300 i 

-- 8 30 -- Trb ll 90 139 .6 I 

2 Pfister Chern. 26.4.7.9.1 do. 3-2-48 5 358 63 8 70 -- Trb 10 105 110 1.0 I 

3 do. do. do. 4-6-48 5 327 63 8 67 -- Trb 17 150 133 1.1 I 

4 J. Turner & Co 26.14.1. 2. 9 do. 1940 20 183 -- 6 18 -- Trb 8 35 13 2.7 I 

5 do. do. do. 1940 20 250 -- 8 -- -- Trb -- 70 -- -- --

6 do. do. do. 1947 20 260 -- 8 -- -- Trb -- 70 -- -- --

RIDGEFIELD PK. 

1 Lincoln Paper 26.4.7.4.6 do. 4-6-51 10 350 117 6 117 -- Trb 21 125 -- -- I 

RIVER EDGE 

1 Cornwell Inc. 26.3.3 Rinbrand 10-1-60 50 210 45 6 45 -- Trb 30 75 40 1.9 I 

2 Ercol'E' 

Tamburelli 26.3.3.6.8 Burrows 3-55 50 300 14 8 26 -- Trb 20 275 130 2.1 I 

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Table 1.--RECORDS OF SELECTED WELLS IN THE HACKE~;SACK RIVER BASIN 

Total Depth Depth 

Alti- depth to Diam- to Static 

tude drilled bedrock eter which level 

...... Owner above below below of well is Screen below Draw- Specific 

~ or New Jersey Year msl lsd lsd well cased setting lsd Yield down Capacity 

Tenant Grid No. Driller Drilled (ft) (ft) (ft) (in) (ft) (ft) Aquifer (ft) (gpm) (ft) (gpm/ft) Use Remarks 

BERGEN COUNTYRIVERVALE 

1 0. H. Mildner 23.34.4.8.2 Rinbrand 3-9-49 257 158 70 6 80 -- Trb 30 15 8 1.9 D 

2 J, Basralian 23.34. 7.9.4 R. Ellison -- 55 312 63 6 63 -- Trb 6 20 14 1.4 D 

3 do. do. do. -- 55 300 60 6 -- -- Trb 8 10 22 . 5 D 

4 W. Karl 23.34.7.2.6 A. Wilhelm 2-15-52 180 174 ll2 6 112 -- Trb 65 15 9 1.7 D 

5 G. K. Walker 23.34.4.9.6 do. 3-17-52 160 128 30 6 30 -- Trb 30 20 1 1 D 

6 J, Nugent 23.34.7.3.2 Georgi Bros. 7-29-52 150 181 97 6 102 -- Trb 51 9 34 .3 D 

ROCHELLE PARK 

1 Hackensack W.C. 26.3.2.6.4 Artesian 3-31-65 40 473 74 12 78 -- Trb 7 250 121 2.1 c Air Conditioning 

RUTHERFORD 

1 Rutherford 

Trust Co, 26.13.1.3. 7 -- 4-8-49 100 210 -- -- -- -- Trb -- 15 -- -- c 

2 D. McCullagh 

Mayer 26.13.1.3. 7 Algier 5-5-54 100 166 3 6 11 -- Trb 65 15 5 3.0 D 

S. HACKENSACK 

1 Stage Coach 

Inn 26.3.9.2.6 Rinbrand 6-14-50 10 565 75 8 75 -- Trb 8 llO 92 1.20 c 

2 H. Maurydi 26.3.9.6.6 Parkhurst 11-18-48 5 293 48 6 53 -- Trb 20 30 35 .9 c 

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Table l. --RECORDS OF SELECTED heLLS IN THE HACKE;\SACK RI\'ER B . .\.SI;.; 

Total Depth Depth 

Alti- depth to Diam- to Static 

tude drilled bedrock eter which level 

----< 01mer above below below of well is Screen below Draw- Specific 

~ or New Jersey Year msl lsd lsd well cased setting lsd Yield down Capacity 

Tenant Grid No. Driller Drilled (ft) ( ft) (ft) (in) (ft) (ft) Aquifer (ft) (gpm) (ft) (gpm/ft) Use Remarks 

BERGEN COUNTYS, HACKENSACKCont. 

Cl 51 ppm 

3 Spinner Yarn 

Co., Inc. 26,3.6.8.7 Artesian 1947 9 300 160 10 160 -- Trb 9 200 140 1.4 I 1950 

4 Superior Tape 26.3.6.7.6 Rinbrand 7-15-59 15 213 -- 6 200 200-213 Q 25 50 150 . 3 I 

TEANECK 

1 S. D, Elia 26.4,4.5.8 Richardson 8-20-52 140 189 18 6 18 -- Trb 37 40 13 3.1 c 

2 A & P Tea Co. 26.4.1.9.9 Rinbrand 5-1-52 llO 150 -- 6 35 -- Trb 20 35 40 . 9 c 

3 Garden State 

National Bank 26.4.1.9.8 Burrows 1-16-53 90 150 27 6 27 -- Trb flows 87 16 5.4 c 

4 Feibels Rec. 

Center 26.4.4.5.4 Burrows 6-25-53 100 292 10 8 22-8 -- Trb 6 60 100 . 6 c 

5 do. do. do. 7-7-53 90 203 20 6 23 -- Trb 13 180 50 3.6 c 

6 Jewish Com. 

Center 26.4.4.6.4 do. 8-55 100 300 -- 8-6 17 -- Trb 35 40 160 . 2 c 

TENAFLY 

Used for 

l Bd. of Education 26.4.2.3.6 do. 2-15-53 45 125 74 6 74 -- Trb 5 60 40 1.5 -- park pond. 

2 Grand Union Co 26.4.2.3.6 GS Art W&P 5-27-53 50 50 -- 6 37 -- Trb 6 82 2 41 c 

3 Marderosian 26.4.2.2,7 Rinbrand 9-27-53 50 100 22 6 22 -- -- 7 25 3 8 D 

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Table 1.--RECORDS OF SELECTED WELLS IN THE HACKENSACK RIVER BASIN 

Total Depth Depth 

Alti- depth to Diam- to Static 

tude drilled bedrock eter which level 

0\;ner above below below of well is Screen below Draw- Specific 

- lsd lsd well cased setting lsd Yield down Capacity - or ?\ew Jersey Year msl 

3 Tenant Grid No. Driller Drilled (f t) (ft) (f t) (in) ( ft) (f t) Aquifer ( ft) (gpm) (ft) (gpm/ f t) Use Remarks 

BERGEN COUNTYTENAFLY-Cont. 

~~ Tenafly Mutual 

Savings & Loan 26.4.2.3.5 Rinbrand 5-6-55 100 85 -- 6 29 -- -- -- 15 -- -- c 

5 J. D'Agostino 26.4.2.6.6 Burrows 6-ll-58 50 202 52 8 so -- Trb 0 600 40 15 .A 

6 do. do. do. 7-3-58 50 200 43 8 43 -- Trb 4 200 96 2.1 A 

7 do. do. doo 8-2-58 50 250 36 8 37 -- Trb 4 270 96 2.8 A 

TETERKORO 

l Detroy Press 26.3,9.2.4 GS Art W&P 12-8-56 5 150 67 8 67 -- Trb 8 95 9 10.5 I 

2 Bendix Corp. 26.3.9.1.8 PH&J Colan 1917 9 597 222 6 224 -- Trb 12 150 39 3.9 I 

h!ASHINGTON 

l F. Gaudagmin<> 23.43.2. 6 Rinbrand ll-48 160 115 -- 6 60 -- Trb 20 7 10 • 7 D 

2 C. Nastroicovc 23.43.2.6.3 Rinbrand ll-23-48 140 125 -- 6 40 -- Trb 23 2 -- -- D 

3 A. Algargotti 23.43.2.3,9 Slater Bros. 8-1-49 140 120 58 6 68 -- Trb 35 10 -- -- D 

4 Karl T, 

Schander 23.43,3.5.4 Rinbrand ll-17-50 60 200 98 6 98 -- Trb 60 10 -- -- D 

5 H. J. Rissetto 23.43.2.6. 7 W.J, Sikkema ll-20-52 llO 193 90 6 90 -- Trb 57 24 8 3.0 D 

6 C. Claus 23.43.3.4.9 c. Sikkema 12-8-55 165 233 l25 8 125 -- Trb 60 25 15 1.7 D 

7 G. O'Brien 23.43.2,6.8 J, w. Sikkema 10-6-55 220 182 90 6 90 -- Trb 55 22 10 2.2 D 

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Table 1.--RECORDS OF SELECTED WELLS IN THE HACKENSACK RIVER BASIN 

Total Depth Depth 

Alti- depth to Diam- to Static 

tude drilled bedrock eter which level 

~ 

o,.·ner above below below of well is Screen below Draw- Specific 

or New Jersey Year msl lsd lsd well cased setting lsd Yield down Capacity 

:3 Tenant Grid No. Driller Drilled (ft) (ft) (ft) (in) (ft) (ft) Aquifer (ft) (gpm) (ft) (gpm/ft) Use Remarks 

BERGEN COUNTYWESTHOOD 

1 H.J. Bauman 23.43.3.6.2 Rinbrand 1-28-50 80 150 60 6 60 -- Trb 15 10 5 2.0 D 

2 F. Rochester 23.44.1.1.9 do. 8-29-52 60 150 -- 6 38 -- Trb 30 10 10 1.0 D 

3 G. Davis 23.43.3.6.7 Richardson 8-25-52 70 82 38 6 38 -- Trb 9 20 ll 1.8 D 

4 Durby Labs 23.44 .l. 2. 8 Rinbrand 6-28-54 so 170 35 6 35 -- Trb 15 20 -- -- I 

5 Sjostrom & 

Selander 23.43.3.6.5 do. 9-25-54 60 86 30 6 30 -- Trb 10 20 -- -- D 

6 Grand Union 23.44.1.1.4 NJ Art WD 2-56 60 201 -- 6 33 -- Trb 28 90 28 3.2 c 

WOODCLIFF LK. 

1 C. Edwards 23.33.5.9.2 Sikkema 3-10-49 166 164 58 6 58 -- Trb 8 12 32 .4 D 

2 Tice Bros. 23.33.5.9.9 do. 8-11-49 410 326 34 8 34 -- Trb llO 150 35 4.3 I 

3 N. Bergman 23.33.8.3.9 Rinbrand 10-15-51 360 110 6 6 13 -- Trb 53 7 -- -- D 

4 Fred Musson 23.33.9.4.2 A. Wilhelm 1-23-52 400 71 22 6 23 -- Trb 1 15 4 3.8 D 

5 Boro of Park 

Ridge 23.33.5.9.8 Burrows 8-30-63 320 303 18 6 18 -- Trb 39 195 65 3.0 T 

6 do. 23.33.8.3.9 Rinbrand 4-16-62 200 300 -- 12 40 -- Trb 21 200 39 5.1 PS 

7 do. 23.33.2.9.8 do. 1964 340 350 16 18-12 42 -- Trb 35 204 150 1.4 PS BT 

8 Hackensack WC 23.33.9.5.2 Artesian 3-65 105 440 33 12 39 -- Trb 18 178 180 1 PS BT 

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Table 1. --RECORDS OF SELECTED WELLS IN THE HACKENSACK RI\'ER BASIN 

Total Depth Depth 

Alti- depth to Diam- to Static 

tude drilled bedrock eter which level 

O•mer above below below of well is ~~Screen below Draw- Specific 

~ 

or i\ew Jersey Year msl lsd lsd well cased setting lsd Yield down Capacity 

i Tenant Grid No. Driller Drilled (ft) (ft) (ft) (in) (ft) (f t) Aquifer (ft) (gpm) (ft) (gpm/ft) Use Remarks 

BERGEN COUNTYWOODCLIFF LKCont. 

9 Hackensack W C 23.33.9.6.4 Artesian 4-65 105 400 ll2 8 ll3 -- Trb 21 55 179 .3 T BT 

10 Boro of Park 

Ridge 23.33.5.6.7 Rinbrand 1965 450 300 -- 8 60 -- 'rrb 26 30 -- -- T 

HUDSON COUNTYHARRISON 

l Worthington 

Pump & M Co. 26.12.9.5.9 ---- -- 15 400 295 9 -- -- Trb 80 250 40 6.3 I 

Cl l. 800 

2 Harmon Color 

Wks. Inc. 26.12.9.5.9 ---- 1910 10 362 -- 8 -- -- Trb 100 200 100 2.0 I in 1950 

3 T. Schriver Co 26.12.9.5.5 ---- -- 15 40 -- 8 -- 2 Q 29 46 -- -- I 

4 do. do. ---- -- 15 40 -- 6 -- ? Q 29 30 -- -- I 

5 Liquid Carbonic 

Corp. 26.12.9.8.1 ---- 1938 20 489 307 8 -- -- Trb 67 225 87 2.6 I 

6 do. do. ---- 1934 20 465 320 8-6 -- -- Trb 67 90 90 1.0 I 

7 Hyatt Roller 

Bearing Co. 26.12.9.8.4 1918 9 950 277 8-6 395 -- Trb 79 336 -- -- I 

8 do. do. ---- 1918 9 987 282 8 -- -- Trb -- 347 -- -- I 

9 do. do. ---- 1914 8 241 -- 8 -- -- Trb -- -- -- -- I 

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Table 1.--RECORDS OF SELECTED WELLS IN THE HACKENSACK RIVER BASIN 

Total Depth Depth 

Alti- depth to Diam- to Static 

tude drilled bedrock eter which level 

~ 

Owner above below below of well is Screen below Draw-· Specific 

or New Jersey Year msl lsd lsd well cased setting lsd Yield down Capacity 

:i Tenant Grid No. Driller Drilled (ft) (ft) (ft) (in) (ft) (ft) Aquifer (ft) (gpm) (ft) (gpm/ft) Use Remarks 

HUDSON COUNTYHARRISON-Cont 

lO Hyatt Roller 

Bearing Co. 26.12.9.8.4 ---- -- 8 90 -- 8 -- -- Q(?) ll.5 150 -- -- I 

Cl 1. 680 

ll Driver Harris 

Co. 26.12.9.7.6 ---- -- 9 337 292 12 -- -- J;rb 76 600 -- -- I 1948 

12 do. do. ---- 1946 9 300 279 8 -- -- Trb 38 469 41 11.4 I 

13 Pub. Serv. & 

Gas Co. 26.12.9.7.9 ---- 1932 11 699 218 12 -- -- Trb 37 406 139 2.9 I 

14 Crucible Steel 

Co. of Americ< 26.12.9.8.4 ---- 1943 10 600 160 16-10 -- -- Trb 134 600 66 9.1 I 

15 Delaware & 

Western RR 26.12.9.8.3 H. W. Smith 8-27-52 20 225 -- 6 115 -- Trb 96 18 -- -- I 

JERSEY CITY 

1 Dodge & Bliss 26.13.8.9.5 ---- 1920 20 80 -- -- -- -- Q -- 50 -- -- I 

2 Spalding & 

Jennings 26.23.2.5.7 ---- -- 20 422 57 -- -- -- Trs -- 75 -- -- I 

3 Crucible Steel 

Co.of America 26.23.1.9.3 ---- 1925 12 210 -- -- -- -- Trb -- 100 -- -- I 

KEARNY 

l Wilpet Tool 

Mfg. Co. 26.12.9.6.4 Rinbrand 4-26-61 10 700 -- 10 290 -- Trb 40 520 135 3.8 I 

2 Pfaft Tool & 

Mfg. Co. 26.12.6.9.9 Frank Bott 2-16-60 8 590 46 8 54 -- Trb 67 185 113 1.6 I 

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Table 1. --RECORDS OF SELECTED WELLS IN THE HACKENSACK RIVER BASIN 

Total Depth Depth 

Alti- depth to Diam- to Static 

tude drilled bedrock eter which level 

Owner above below below of well is Screen below Dra~l- Specific 

- msl lsd lsd well cased setting lsd Yield down Capacity - or New Jersey Year 

j Tenant Grid No. Driller Drilled (ft) (ft) (ft) (in) (ft) (ft) Aquifer (ft) (gpm) (ft) (gpm/ft) Use Remarks 

HUDSON COUNTYKEARNY-Cont. 

3 Pfaft Tool & 

Mfg. Co. 26.12.6.9.9 Frank Batt 1963 8 740 60 8 -- -- Trb 80 145 120 1.2 I 

4 E. I. DuPont 26.12.6.8.9 Stothoff 10-9-20 20 401 166 10-4 175 -- Trb 29 148 156 1.0 I 

5 do. 26.12.9.3.3 do. 10-30-20 5 202 124 10 130 -- Trb -- 174 -- -- I 

6 do. 26.13.4.7. 7 do. 2-15-21 5 504 185 10 221 -- Trb 28 124 40 3.1 I 

7 E. I. DuPont 26.12.6.9.8 do. 9-1-16 70 802 47 10 49 -- Trb 25 90 --· -- I 

8 Joe Davis 

Plastics Co. 26.12.9.5.3 ---- 1930 10 350 17 8 -- -- Trb 17 168 54 3.1 I 

9 do. 26.12.9.5.3 ---- 1958 10 400 26 -- -- -- Trb -- 20 -- -- I 

10 Lawter Chern. 26.13.7.8.9 ---- 1939 8 200 112 8 -- -- Trb -- -- -- -- I Abandoned 

11 American Stores 26.13.7.9.8 ---- 1941 8 1041 82 8 -- -- Trb 28 60 322 .2 I 

12 Koppers Gas & 

Coke Co. , Inc. 26.13.8. 8. 2 ---- 1915 5 -- -- -- -- -- Trb -- 53 -- -- --

13 N. Verza1ero 26.12.9.6.1 Burrows -- 5 235 145 6 146 -- Trb 100 150 15 10 I 

N. BERGEN 

1 Meer Corp. 26.14.1. 5. 6 Burrows 6-6-50 4 153 32 8 32 -- Trdb 2 100 22 4.5 I 

2 do. 26.14.1.5.3 do. 9-56 5 200 -- 8 33 -- Trdb -- 60 -- -- I 

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Table 1.--RECORDS OF SELECTED WELLS IN THE HACKEKSACK RIVER BASIN 

-

Total Depth Depth 

Alti- depth to Diam- to Static 

tude drilled bedrock eter which level 

Ovmer above below below of well is Screen below Draw- Specific 

-

- or 1:\elo.' Jersey Year msl lsd lsd well cased setting lsd . Yield down Capacity 

~ Tenant Grid No. Driller Drilled (ft) ( ft) (f t) (in) ( ft) (ft) Aquifer (ft) (gpm) (ft) (gpm/ft) Use Remarks 

HUDSON COUNTYN. BERGENConL 

3 Meer Corp. 26.14.1.5.5 Rinbrand 9-14-60 15 303 14 8 21 -- Trdb 30 35 270 .1 I 

4 Consolidated 

Blea-ching Co. 26. 14. 1. 8. 3 Stothoff 7-31-50 10 528 93 10-8 93 -- Trdb flows 44 155 . 3 I 

5 Gibralter 

Paper Co. 26. 14. l. 4. 6 Burrows 11-10-51 5 228 120 8 120 ? Q-Trdb 12 10 82 .12 T Abandoned 

6 do. do. do. 1-23-52 1 170 118 6 136 -- -- -- -- -- -- T 

7 jGr and City 

Cont. Corp 26. l3. 6. 8. 9 Artesian 3-5-53 5 34 225 6 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --

8 !Armour & Co. 26.14.1.7.3 ---- -- 5 101 -- -- -- -- Trb -- 98 -- -- I 

9 do. do. ---- -- 5 350 40 8 -- -- Trb -- 15 -- -- I 

10 do. do. ---- 1930 5 108 -- 12 -- -- Q -- 250 -- -- I 33 ppm cl 1933 

230 II cl 193 7 

440 II c1 1938 

11 do. do. ---- 1933 5 113 113 24-12 -- -- Q -- 325 -- -- I 

12 do. do. ---- 1937 5 108 -- 12 -- -- Q -- -- -- -- I 

13 do. do. ---- 1937 5 113 113 24-12 -- -- Q -- -- -- -- I 

14 do. do. ---- 1937 5 106 106 18-12 -- -- Q 32.5 300 63.5 4. 7 I 

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Table I.--RECORDS OF SELECTED WELLS IN THE HACKENSACK RIVER BASIN 

Total Depth Depth 

Alti- depth to Diam- to Static 

tude drilled bedrock eter which level 

Ov:ner above below below of well is Screen below Dratw- Specific 

- msl lsd lsd well cased setting lsd Yield do"llm Capacity - or New Jersey Year 

3 Tenant Grid No. Driller Drilled (ft) ( ft) (f t) (in) (ft) (ft) Aquifer (ft) (gpm) (ft) (gpm/ f t) Use Remarks 

HUDSON COUNTYN. BERGENCont. 

15 Nat. Cylinder 26.14.1.8.2 ---- 1935 5 -- 70 -- -- -- Trb -- 75 -- -- I 685 ppm cl 

Gas Co. 1938 

430 ppm cl 

1960 

16 Hundet Cork 26.14.1.8. 7 ---- 1954 40 65.5 -- 12 -- -- Q 13 305 15 20.3 I 

17 W. Bergen 

Realty Co. 26.13.6:6.6 ---- 1962 8 72 -- 16-12 -- -- Q 20 90 50 1.8 c Brackish 

18 DeAngelis 

Packing Co. 26.13.9.2.4 ---- 1947 10 60 60 10 -- -- Q 5 15 23 . 7 I 

19 Chas. Hiller 

& Co. 26.13.9.2.4 ---- 1934 5 35 -- 12 -- -- Q • 5 700 14.5 48.3 I 

SECAUCUS 

l L. Vander Wall 26.13.3.7.6 Rinbrand 12-26-51 5 200 37 6 37 -- Trb 5 20 5 4.0 I 

2 Keystone Hetal 26.13.6.4.2 do. 3-3-50 10 200 18 8 18 -- Trb flows 76 101 .8 I 

3 do. do. do. 8-30-60 10 150 -- 8 21 -- Trb 35 150 110 1.4 I 

4 Erie Railroad 26.13.8.3.1 ---- 1933 15 184 15 10 -- -- Trb 6 200 38 5.3 A Water unsui t-. 

able for 

5 do. do. ---- 1933 15 182 16 10 -- -- Trb -- 5 -- -- A boiler use 

6 Charles Haag, 

Inc. 26.13.6.7.6 ---- 1934 10 465 -- -- -- -- Trb -- 36 -- -- A 

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Table 1. --RECORDS OF SELECTED WELLS IN THE HACKENSACK RIVER BASIN 

Total Depth Depth 

Alti- depth to Diam- to Static 

tude drilled bedrock eter which lE~vel 

.-< 0\o.·ner above below below of well is Screen below Draw- Specific 

or New Jersey Year msl lsd lsd well cased setting lsd Yield down Capacity 

~ Tenant Grid No. Driller Drilled (ft) (ft) (ft) (in) ( ft) ( ft) Aquifer (ft) (gpm) (ft) (gpm/ft) Use Remarks 

HUDSON COUNTYN. BERGENCont. 

7 Charles Haag, 

Inc. 26.13.6.7.6 Stothoff Co 5-l-53 10 294 20 10 31.6 -- Trb 12 65 138 . 5 A 

8 Gateway Motor 

Inn. 26.13.6.5.1 ---- 1962 8 160 -- 6 -- -- Trb 8 55 7 7 . .J c 

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Table 2.--CHEMICAL ANALYSES OF SELECTED WELLS 

(analyses in milligrams per liter, except as noted) 

Analyses by U.S. Geological Survey, except as noted 

Hardness Specific as Caco3 conductMag- Po- Dissolved Cal- ance 

Location Cal- ne- tas- Bicar- Sul- Chlo- Fluo- Ni- solids cium, Non- (microWell and Silica Iron cium sium : Sodium sium- bonate fate ride ride trate (residue magne- carbon- mhos 

No. Owner Date (Si02

) (Fe) (Ca) (Mg) (Na) (K) (HC03) (S04) (Cl) (F) (N03) at 180°C) sium ate at 25°C) pH Notes 

BOGOTA 

1 Bogota Water Co. 12-4-64 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 29 1.8 -- -- -- -- 7. 3 H 

2 do. do. -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 19 -- 2.4 -- -- -- -- 7. 5 H 

3 do. do. -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 30 -- 1.9 -- -- -- -- 7.5 H 

CRESSKILL 

2 Hoke Valve Co. I 11-19-64 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 15 -- 2. 2 -- -- -- -- 7. 7 H 

EAST RUTHERFORD 

2 Trubek 

Chemical Co. 9-1-64 33.1 -- 180 100 -- -- -- 92 42 -- -- -- 86 -- 700 7.5 T 

3 do. do. 30.5 -- 260 105 -- -- -- 177 68 -- -- -- 108 -- 890 7. 5 T 

4 do. do. 31.5 -- 270 100 -- -- -- 190 100 -- -- -- 108 -- 925 7.4 T 

ENGLEWOOD 

1 Tube Sales 5-15-64 -- -- -- -- A 14 -- 90 17 5.5 -- 6.1 -- 75 1 208 8.2 --

KEARNEY 

1 Pfaff Tool & 

Mfg. Co. 5-12-64 -- -- -- -- A 37 -- 220 612 68 -- 1.5 -- 835 655 1610 7.4 --

2 do. do. -- -- -- -- A 4.8 -- 142 966 88 -- 5.5 -- 1240 ll20 2320 7.7 --

11 American Store 5-7-64 -- -- -- -- A274 -- 80 566 755 -- .o -- 1210 1150 3480 7. 3 --

LITTLE FERRY 

1 Atlas Plastics 5-12-64 -- -- -- -- A 30 -- 100 87 58 -- 3.6 -- 192 110 579 7. 3 --

PARK RIDGE 

8 Park Ridge Boro 4-29-59 11 .58 34 8.3 17 1.3 96 36 26 -- 6.4 188 119 41 326 6.6 --

SECAUCUS 

2 Keystone Metal 

Finishing Co. 5-7-64 -- -- -- -- All -- 115 108 25 -- 21 -- 234 142 558 7.3 --

3 do. do. -- -- -- -- A 14 -- 171 102 23 -- 7.1 -- 254 114 567 7.4 --

Source of Analysis: H Hackensack Water Co. 

T Trubek Chemical Co. 

A Calculated Na plus K, reported as Na. 

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