Little Bucket Farm

This well is in Kent, south-east England, and is used to measure water level in the Cretaceous-aged Holywell Nodular Chalk Formation.

BGS Enquiries can help you to access data from the National Groundwater Level Archive (NGLA) for this well

Hydrograph

Information about the well

Hydrogeological setting

This well measures water levels in the Chalk Group aquifer of Kent, which is unconfined at this site. It is dug into the Holywell Nodular Chalk Formation overlain by thin head (silt and gravel) deposits.

Well or borehole construction

The well was originally sunk for a household water supply and subsequently adopted as an observation well after a period of disuse. The well is 0.84 m in diameter and 31.33 m deep.

Hydrograph response

The hydrograph has an annual sinusoidal appearance. Annual fluctuations are normally around 10 m, but have been as high as 2 m in some exceptional years. The extreme limits of its fluctuation are constrained by the well construction, with water nearing ground level in wet years and the well effectively drying up in the driest years.

Data issues

Logger installed.

References

Finch, J, Marsh, T, and McKenzie, A A. 2007. A preliminary risk assessment of the potential for groundwater flooding during the winter of 2007/8 — an update. (Wallingford, UK: NERC/Centre for Ecology and Hydrology-British Geological Survey.)

Acknowledgements

Groundwater level data are provided to the NGLA by the Environment Agency (EA), Natural Resources Wales – Cyfoeth Naturiol Cymru (NRW), the Scottish Environment Protection Agency (SEPA) and, for Northern Ireland, the Department for Infrastructure – Rivers and the Northern Ireland Environment Agency.

Further information about these monitoring networks can be found on these pages:

• Scotland (SEPA)
• England (Defra) 

Contact

Please contact BGS Enquiries for further information.