Occurrence, Availability, and Chemical Quality of Ground Water in the Edwards Plateau Region of Texas (open access)

Occurrence, Availability, and Chemical Quality of Ground Water in the Edwards Plateau Region of Texas

Report on
Date: July 1979
Creator: Walker, Loyd E.
Object Type: Report
System: The Portal to Texas History
86th Texas Legislature, Regular Session, House Bill 4705, Chapter 497 (open access)

86th Texas Legislature, Regular Session, House Bill 4705, Chapter 497

Bill introduced by the Texas House of Representatives relating to the territory of the Sutton County Underground Water Conservation District.
Date: June 7, 2019
Creator: Texas. Legislature. House of Representatives.
Object Type: Legislative Document
System: The Portal to Texas History
85th Texas Legislature, Regular Session, House Bill 2803, Chapter 869 (open access)

85th Texas Legislature, Regular Session, House Bill 2803, Chapter 869

Bill introduced by the Texas House of Representatives relating to the nonsubstantive revision of certain local laws concerning water and wastewater special districts, including conforming amendments.
Date: June 15, 2017
Creator: Texas. Legislature. House of Representatives.
Object Type: Legislative Document
System: The Portal to Texas History
Environmental impact assessment: chemical explosive fracturing project, Petroleum Technology Corporation/Sutton County, Texas (open access)

Environmental impact assessment: chemical explosive fracturing project, Petroleum Technology Corporation/Sutton County, Texas

The Nevada Operations Office of the Energy Research and Development Administration (ERDA) has contracted with Petroleum Technology Corporation (PTC) to perform a gas stimulation program by chemical explosive fracturing (CEF) in the Canyon sands of the Val Verde - Kerr Basin of Sutton County, Texas. This lenticular tight sand deposit, underlying much of southwestern Texas, contains large volumes of natural gas. To date this formation has yielded only marginal amounts of gas because of its low porosity and permeability. The semi-arid environment of the Aldwell/Sawyer field is characterized by dry arroyos and xeric vegetation. Population is sparse and sheep ranching is the primary occupation. Because of the existence of previously drilled oil and gas wells, road and pipeline construction will be minimal. Impacts from this two well project are expected to be minimal and be confined to temporary surface disruption and increased erosion at the well site.
Date: July 14, 1977
Creator: Tonnessen, Kathy A.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Environmental impact assessment: chemical explosive fracturing project, Petroleum Technology Corporation/Sutton County, Texas (open access)

Environmental impact assessment: chemical explosive fracturing project, Petroleum Technology Corporation/Sutton County, Texas

A proposed two-well stimulation test to be carried out in Sutton County, Texas is described. Work will be performed in the lenticular tight sand formation of the Val Verde-Kerr Basin to demonstrate the technical and economic feasibility of chemical explosive fracturing as a method of increasing gas deliverability in that formation. The purpose of the project's experimental design, which calls for the testing of two separate wells using different techniques, would be to obtain the maximum amount of information relating to the most effective method of stimulating this particular reservoir. Results will permit the direct comparison of the different completion techniques. Also the testing of more than one well in a given area will allow for the collection of complementary data with regards to the characteristics of the reservoir and the experimental results from the explosive stimulation. The environmental effects of the project are assessed. (JRD)
Date: July 14, 1975
Creator: Tonnessen, Kathy A.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Float-Valve. (open access)

Float-Valve.

Patent for improved float valve. This patent is especially adapted for use in water tanks and other receptacles for providing water for stock or for any other purposes.
Date: July 13, 1915
Creator: Sharp, Harry Q.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Water Well and Ground-Water Chemical Analysis Data, Sutton County, Texas (open access)

Water Well and Ground-Water Chemical Analysis Data, Sutton County, Texas

Report on water wells and groundwater chemical analysis in Sutton County, Texas.
Date: May 1972
Creator: Muller, Daniel A. & Pool, James R.
Object Type: Report
System: The Portal to Texas History
Regional Water Plan: Region F, 2016, Volume II. Appendices (open access)

Regional Water Plan: Region F, 2016, Volume II. Appendices

Appendices of the water plan for Region F including cost estimates, water management strategies, comments and answers related to the plan, survey results, drought triggers, and related reports.
Date: November 2015
Creator: Freese and Nichols, Inc.
Object Type: Report
System: The Portal to Texas History
Regional Water Plan: Region F, 2016, Volume 1. Main Report (open access)

Regional Water Plan: Region F, 2016, Volume 1. Main Report

Water plan for Region F describing water supply locations and suppliers, the general state of the water supply in the area, forecasts for future usage numbers, management and conservation plans for both suppliers and users in each county, impacts of implementation of the water plan, and the plan making process.
Date: November 2015
Creator: Freese and Nichols, Inc.
Object Type: Report
System: The Portal to Texas History
84th Texas Legislature, Regular Session, Senate Bill 1336, Chapter 1196 (open access)

84th Texas Legislature, Regular Session, Senate Bill 1336, Chapter 1196

Bill introduced by the Texas Senate relating to the powers and duties, the construction of laws, and the election dates of certain groundwater conservation districts.
Date: June 19, 2015
Creator: Texas. Legislature. Senate.
Object Type: Legislative Document
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas Regional Outlook, 1992: West Texas Region (open access)

Texas Regional Outlook, 1992: West Texas Region

Report on economic forecast and outlook for the West Texas Region describing expected economic change for various industries, employment growth, and county-level analyses.
Date: 1992
Creator: Texas. Comptroller's Office.
Object Type: Report
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas Regional Outlook, 2002: The West Texas Region (open access)

Texas Regional Outlook, 2002: The West Texas Region

Report on economic forecast and outlook for the West Texas Region describing expected economic change for various industries, employment growth, and county-level analyses.
Date: May 2002
Creator: Texas. Comptroller's Office.
Object Type: Report
System: The Portal to Texas History
Primary Care Case Management Primary Care Provider and Hospital List: West Texas, December 2011 (open access)

Primary Care Case Management Primary Care Provider and Hospital List: West Texas, December 2011

List of Primary Care Case Management program approved primary care providers, hospitals, specialists, and family planning providers, located in the West Texas area.
Date: December 2011
Creator: Primary Care Case Management
Object Type: Book
System: The Portal to Texas History
Primary Care Case Management Primary Care Provider and Hospital List: West Texas, June 2011 (open access)

Primary Care Case Management Primary Care Provider and Hospital List: West Texas, June 2011

List of Primary Care Case Management program approved primary care providers, hospitals, specialists, and family planning providers, located in the West Texas area.
Date: June 2011
Creator: Primary Care Case Management
Object Type: Book
System: The Portal to Texas History
Valve (open access)

Valve

Patent for a water pipe valve. Illustrations included.
Date: July 6, 1909
Creator: Chalk, Russell H.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Valve. (open access)

Valve.

Patent for a valve, which attaches easily to all sorts of liquid-filled reservoirs and is durable.
Date: September 29, 1908
Creator: Craddock, Lee Larrence & McCleary, John
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Valve (open access)

Valve

Patent for a valve. This design is for use with tanks. Illustration included.
Date: November 24, 1903
Creator: Fambrough, Andrew Clarence & Swearingen, Alonzo J.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Trap-Gun. (open access)

Trap-Gun.

Patent for a trap gun, which can be mounted on a post or in the ground.
Date: August 9, 1910
Creator: Lindsey, William Milton
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Pump-Valve Mechanism. (open access)

Pump-Valve Mechanism.

Patent for a pump valve mechanism for use in deep wells, which can be easily removed for cleaning and repair,
Date: August 13, 1907
Creator: Sheen, Davis
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Hair-Cutting Register. (open access)

Hair-Cutting Register.

Patent for a counting device for use by barber shops activated by taking on and off the head rest of a barbers chair, so that the shop owner knows how many hair cuts were given in each chair that day and can cross check the money taken in each day against the numbers of haircuts given.
Date: April 2, 1907
Creator: Kelley, Hugh, C.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Float Valve (open access)

Float Valve

Patent for improvements on float valves that will "resupply the tank with water when it is withdrawn to a certain lower level and also operate to cut off the inflow when the water will have reached a predetermined height in the trough" (lines 14-18).
Date: October 21, 1902
Creator: Mayfield, Jess Lewis
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Shampoo-Registering Device. (open access)

Shampoo-Registering Device.

Patent for a shelf for shampoos in barber shops that counts how many times shampoos are taken off and put back on the shelf for the purpose of counting customers.
Date: April 2, 1907
Creator: Kelley, Hugh, C.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Shave-Registering Device. (open access)

Shave-Registering Device.

Patent for a shave registering device for use in barber shops, which is activated by the movement of the chair up and down.
Date: September 17, 1907
Creator: Kelley, Hugh C.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History

Fort McKavett Sheet

Topographic map of a portion of Texas from the United States Geological Survey (USGS) project. The map includes towns, historic or notable sites, bodies of water, and other geologic features. Scale 1:125000
Date: 1893
Creator: Geological Survey (U.S.)
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History