This project proposal focuses on the conversion of paper well
and outcrop records to a digital format so that they can both be
preserved, and is the first step towards making them available
through the internet. Limited work has been conducted to
transfer just the well descriptive log data to a digital format
encompassing only about 10% of the total amount of 38,000 well
records. Other than geographic coordinates, less than one
percent of 5,000 outcrop descriptions and hand auger boring
descriptions are in a digital format. The DGS Paper well
schedules were created in such a way that they serve as a folder
on which data about the well/boring geographic position,
construction, depth, samples taken, water quality information,
and finishing are written. Much of these data are keyed into our
Oracle WATSYS database. However, a fair amount of ancillary data
that have great historical significance are put into the well
schedule and then filed with the schedule in a cataloged binder
system for retrieval. The same is