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Chemical quality of surface waters and sedimentation in the Saline River basin, Kansas Chemical quality of surface waters and sedimentation in the Saline River basin, Kansas

This report gives the results of an investigation of the sediment and dissolved minerals that are transported by the Saline River and its tributaries. The Saline River basin is in western and central Kansas; it is long and narrow and covers 3,420 square miles of rolling plains, which is broken in some places by escarpments and small areas of badlands. In the western part the uppermost...
Authors
Paul Robert Jordan, B.F. Jones, Lester R. Petri

Floods at Wichita, Kansas Floods at Wichita, Kansas

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Authors
Davis W. Ellis

The role of ground water in the national water situation: With state summaries based on reports by District Offices of Ground Water Branch The role of ground water in the national water situation: With state summaries based on reports by District Offices of Ground Water Branch

Ground water in the United States has emerged from a quantitatively minor (though incalculably valuable) water source, whose chief role was in the settlement of primitive areas, to a major source now accounting for one-fifth to one-sixth of the Nation's total withdrawal requirements for water. With the growth in ground-water withdrawals is an accompanying growth in the realization that...
Authors
Charles Lee McGuinness

Emergency water supplies in the Wichita area, Kansas Emergency water supplies in the Wichita area, Kansas

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Authors
Charles W. Lane, E.L. Reavis, Gilbert J. Stramel

The meteorologic phenomenon of drought in the Southwest The meteorologic phenomenon of drought in the Southwest

The recent drought is one of several which have been recorded in the arid Southwest in the past century. In regions where precipitation comes chiefly from a single source, as in California and the Great Plains, prevailingly dry periods have alternated with wetter periods, each lasting 10 to 15 years. In the intervening area that includes the basins of the Colorado River and Rio Grande...
Authors
H. E. Thomas

Surface water records of Kansas Surface water records of Kansas

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Authors
Water Resources Division U.S. Geological Survey

Geology and ground-water resources of Sumner County, Kansas Geology and ground-water resources of Sumner County, Kansas

This report describes the geography, geology, and ground-water resources of Sumner County in south-central Kansas. The hydrologic and geologic data upon which this report is based were obtained in the field during the summers of 1955 and 1956. Records of 300 wells and 2 springs, chemical analyses of 219 water samples from wells and test holes and of 15 from streams, and logs of 362 wells...
Authors
K.L. Walters

Short papers in the geologic and hydrologic sciences; Articles 1-146 Short papers in the geologic and hydrologic sciences; Articles 1-146

The scientific and economic results of work by the United States Geological Survey during the fiscal year 1961, the 12 months ending June 30, 1961, will be summarized in four volumes of which this is the first. This volume includes 146 short papers on a variety of subjects in the fields of geology, hydrology, and related sciences, prepared by members of the Geologic, Water Resources, and
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Water Resources Division U.S. Geological Survey
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