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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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 drought cond
Authors
D.E. Havelka, E.M. Parten
Memorandum on irrigation by ground water from the Edwards and associated limestones in the San Antonio-Hondo-Uvalde area, Texas
No abstract available.
Authors
B.M. Petitt
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
No abstract available.
Authors
S.D. Breeding, Pat H. Holland
Reconnaissance of ground-water development in the Fort Stockton area, Pecos County, Texas
No abstract available.
Authors
G.L. Audsley
Low-flow investigation of the Pedernales River, Texas
No abstract available.
Authors
Pat H. Holland, Frank C. Lee
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, water contain
Authors
Allen George Winslow, Lester Ray Kister
Availability of ground water in the Gulf Coast region of Texas
No abstract available.
Authors
L.A. Wood
Double Moutain Fork Brazos River between Lubbock and Buffalo Lakes, Texas
The purpose of this investigation was to study quantity, quality, and possible sources of the low flow and spring inflow of the Double Mountain Fork of the Brazos River between the Lubbock sewage disposal plant, 3 miles southeast of Lubbock, and a County Road crossing about 15 miles downstream and 4.2 miles northeast of Slaton, Lubbock County (fig. 1).
Authors
J.O. Joerns
Geology of the Canyon Reservoir site on the Guadalupe River, Comal County, Texas
In response to a request by Colonel Harry O. Fisher, District Engineer of the Fort Worth District of the Corps of Engineers, United States Army (letter of Dec. 13, 1954), a reconnaissance investigation was made of the geology of the Canyon (F-1) reservoir site on the Guadalupe River in Comal County, Tex.
The purpose of the investigation was to study the geology in relation to possible leakage - p
Authors
William O. George, Frank A. Welder
Floods of September 1952 in the Colorado and Guadelupe river basins, central Texas
Following a severe drought floods of exceptional size occurred in the central Texas 'hill country' as a result of heavy rains during the period September 9-11, 1952. As much as 26 inches of rain fell in the Guadalupe River basin and in the central and lower Colorado River basin and broke the extended drought. The belt of the heavy rainfall was about 60 miles wide and extended northwest from New Br
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Seth D. Breeding, J.H. Montgomery