Transboundary Aquifer Assessment Program-Geospatial and Tabular Datasets Used in the Compilation of Physiography, Geology, Hydrogeology, and Water Quality Data for the Fort Bliss, Dona Ana Range, McGregor Range, and White Sands Missile Range Area, Texas a

The Transboundary Aquifer Assessment Act was established to systematically assess priority aquifers along the U.S.-Mexico international boundary. The priority aquifers that were specified include the Hueco-Mesilla Bolsons aquifer in Texas and New Mexico and its counterpart in Mexico, the Conejos-Médanos Aquifer system, and the Santa Cruz and San Pedro aquifers in Arizona (Texas Water Development Board, 2019). The Transboundary Aquifer Assessment Program (TAAP) was started in 2009 and is a collaborative effort between the U.S. Geological Survey, Arizona Water Resources Research Center, New Mexico Water Resources Research Institute, and the Texas Water Resources Institute (U.S. Geological Survey, 2018) to better understand these aquifers. More information about TAAP can be found at the TAAP project website: https://webapps.usgs.gov/taap/. Fort Bliss and other associated military installations overly part of the Hueco-Mesilla Bolsons aquifer and rely on it for its water supply. This data release contains a geospatial database of available physiography, geology, hydrogeology, and water quality data for Fort Bliss and associated military installations and surrounding areas developed by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), in cooperation with U.S. Army at Fort Bliss, Texas. This data set is the result of a compilation of tabular and geospatial data digitally available from various enterprise database resources that warehouse environmental data such as, but not limited to, local, state, and federal water level and water quality data, elevation, land cover and land use, and geology.