The Quality of Surface Waters in Texas (open access)

The Quality of Surface Waters in Texas

Abstract: The discharge-weighted average concentrations of dissolved solids, chloride, and sulfate for many of the principal streams in Texas are less than 500 mg/1 (milligrams per liter), 250 mg/1, and·250 mg/1, respectively. At 65 of 131 sites on streams that were sampled at least 10 times, the biochemical oxygen demand of at· least half the samples exceeded 3,0 mg/1. At 20 of the sites, the dissolved-oxygen content of at least !half the samples was less than 5.0_ mg/1. The higher concentrations of minor elements usually were detected in waters from urban areas, indicating a relation to man's activities. Small amounts of some pesticides are widely distributed in low concentrations. The higher concentrations usually were detected in waters from urban areas. Small amounts of some of the pesticides studied are widely distributed in surface waters in Texas. Some of the more widely distributed pesticides were 2,4,5-T at 96 sites, diazinon at 80 sites, 2,4-D at 78 sites, dieldrin at 77 sites, Silvex at 47 sites, DDT at 67 sites, lindane at 59 sites, DDD at 51 sites, DDE at SO sites, and chlordane at 38 sites.
Date: July 1974
Creator: Rawson, Jack
System: The UNT Digital Library
Effects of the Rate of Releases from Sam Rayburn Reservoir on the Aeration Capacity of the Angelina River, Eastern Texas (open access)

Effects of the Rate of Releases from Sam Rayburn Reservoir on the Aeration Capacity of the Angelina River, Eastern Texas

From abstract: This report presents the results of a "three-phase study [. . .] to determine the effects of varying release rates through the power-outlet works at Sam Rayburn Reservoir on aeration capacity of a fourteen-mile reach of the Angelina River below Sam Rayburn Dam." It includes a map, graphs, and tables.
Date: July 1980
Creator: Rawson, Jack; Goss, Richard L. & Rathbun, Ira G.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Interpretation of Well Logs in a Carbonate Aquifer (open access)

Interpretation of Well Logs in a Carbonate Aquifer

This report uses log analysis methods to analyze and compare "geologic and hydrologic data obtained from well tests and core studies," focusing specifically on the Edwards aquifer in Texas. It contains maps, tables, and figures.
Date: July 1978
Creator: MacCary, L. M.
System: The UNT Digital Library