Evaluating the Ground-Water Resources of the High Plains of Texas: Volume 2 (open access)

Evaluating the Ground-Water Resources of the High Plains of Texas: Volume 2

Second volume of a report documenting a study to map the High Plains aquifer and obtain data about various measurements and aspects of the aquifer. This volume provides "supporting basic data including records of wells and county maps depicting well locations, elevation of base of aquifer, elevation of water levels in 1980, and saturated thicknesses in 1980" for the northern third of the study area.
Date: August 1984
Creator: Knowles, Tommy; Nordstrom, Phillip & Klemt, William B.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Analytical Study of the Ogallala Aquifer in Armstrong County, Texas: Projections of Saturated Thickness, Volume of Water in Storage, Pumpage Rates, Pumping Lifts, and Well Yields (open access)

Analytical Study of the Ogallala Aquifer in Armstrong County, Texas: Projections of Saturated Thickness, Volume of Water in Storage, Pumpage Rates, Pumping Lifts, and Well Yields

Report on the Ogallala Aquifer in Armstrong County, Texas listing the historic usage, water quality, and water storage.
Date: August 1980
Creator: Bell, Ann E. & Morrison, Shelly
System: The Portal to Texas History
Surveys of Irrigation in Texas 1958, 1964, 1969, 1974, 1979, and 1984 (open access)

Surveys of Irrigation in Texas 1958, 1964, 1969, 1974, 1979, and 1984

Report on irrigation use, which had fallen in 1984 due to higher energy costs, declining well yields, unavailability of labor, and depressed farm prices.
Date: August 1986
Creator: Texas Water Development Board
System: The Portal to Texas History
Occurrence, Availability and Chemical Quality of Ground Water in the Blossom Sand Aquifer (open access)

Occurrence, Availability and Chemical Quality of Ground Water in the Blossom Sand Aquifer

Describes the ground-water resources of the Blossom Sand aquifer of Cretaceous age.
Date: August 1988
Creator: McLaurin, Celeste
System: The Portal to Texas History
Occurrence and Quality of Ground Water in Jack County, Texas (open access)

Occurrence and Quality of Ground Water in Jack County, Texas

Determines the occurrence and quality of ground water resources, recommends the ways to protect water from contamination.
Date: August 1988
Creator: Nordstrom, Phillip L.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Summary of Hydrologic Information in the El Paso, Texas, Area, With Emphasis on Ground-Water Studies, 1903-80 (open access)

Summary of Hydrologic Information in the El Paso, Texas, Area, With Emphasis on Ground-Water Studies, 1903-80

This report summarizes the development of the water resources of the El Paso area, centering on the use of ground water for municipal, military, and industrial supply within the city of El Paso-Fort Bliss Military Reservation and Ciudad Juarez metropolitan complex.
Date: August 1987
Creator: White, Donald Edward, 1914-2002
System: The Portal to Texas History