Publications
Scientific reports, journal articles, or general interest publications by USGS scientists in the Oklahoma-Texas Water Science Center are listed below. Publications span from 1898 to the present.
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Ground-water resources of the Hueco Bolson northeast of El Paso, Texas Ground-water resources of the Hueco Bolson northeast of El Paso, Texas
The Hueco Bolson is in the extreme western part of Texas and south- central New Mexico, covering parts of El Paso County, Tex., and Dona Ana and Otero Counties, N. Mex. Wells tapping the bolson deposits furnish the major part of the water supply for the city of El Paso, Ciudad Juarez, Fort Bliss, Biggs Air Force Base, and private industries. in the area. The progressively increasing...
Authors
Doyle Blewer Knowles, Richard A. Kennedy
Salt water and its relation to fresh ground water in Harris County, Texas Salt water and its relation to fresh ground water in Harris County, Texas
Harris County, in the West Gulf Coastal Plain in southeastern Texas, has one of the heaviest concentrations of ground-water withdrawal in the United States. Large quantities of water are pumped to meet the requirements of the rapidly growing population, for industry, and for rice irrigation. The water is pumped from artesian wells which tap a thick series of sands ranging in age from...
Authors
Allen G. Winslow, William Watson Doyel, L.A. Wood
Delivery of water from Belton Reservoir to the Brazos River gaging station at Richmond, Texas, by way of the Leon, Little, and Brazos River channels, 1956 Delivery of water from Belton Reservoir to the Brazos River gaging station at Richmond, Texas, by way of the Leon, Little, and Brazos River channels, 1956
Beginning November 1, 1956 and ending December 14, 1956, the Corps of Engineers, in cooperation with the Brazos River Authority released 73,000 acre-feet of water (as measured at the gaging station on Leon river near Belton) from the Belton Reservoir for industrial use in the vicinity of Freeport, Tex. (see fig. 1). The need for this water at Freeport came as a result of the prolonged...
Authors
D.E. Havelka, E.M. Parten
Texas floods of September and October 1955 Texas floods of September and October 1955
This report on the floods of September and and October 1955 in the Nueces, Brazos, and Pecos River basins, Texas, was prepared in the Texas District Office, Surface Water Branch, under the direction of Trigg Twichell, District Engineer. Records of discharge were collected and compiled in cooperation with the Texas State Board of Water Engineers, the Pecos River Commission, and other...
Authors
D.L. Milliken, W.H. Goines
Geology and ground-water resources of Galveston County, Texas Geology and ground-water resources of Galveston County, Texas
Galveston County, on the Texas gulf coast, is underlain by alternating beds of sand and clay. These sand and clay strata crop out in belts that roughly parallel the coastline and dip gently southeastward at an angle gre? +,er than the slope of the land, thereby creating artesian aquifers. The formations that yield potable water to wells are the Lissie formation, the "Alta Loma" sand and...
Authors
Ben McDowell Petitt, Allen George Winslow
Low-flow investigation of the Pedernales River, Texas Low-flow investigation of the Pedernales River, Texas
No abstract available.
Authors
Pat H. Holland, Frank C. Lee
Saline-water resources of Texas Saline-water resources of Texas
Large quantities of saline water are available in the world, both on the surface and underground; however, these waters have not been studied extensively as sources of potable water. Saline water is defined herein as water containing more than 1,000 parts per million of dissolved solids, or, with certain mineralized irrigation waters whose exact dissolved solids content is not known...
Authors
Allen George Winslow, Lester Ray Kister
Guadalupe and Blanco River seepage investigations Guadalupe and Blanco River seepage investigations
No abstract available.
Authors
Pat H. Holland, Burdge Irelan
Delivery of water, Whitney Reservoir to Richmond, Texas, via Brazos River channel, 1954 Delivery of water, Whitney Reservoir to Richmond, Texas, via Brazos River channel, 1954
No abstract available.
Authors
S.D. Breeding, Pat H. Holland
Availability of ground water in the Gulf Coast region of Texas Availability of ground water in the Gulf Coast region of Texas
No abstract available.
Authors
L.A. Wood