Report of the Committee on Underground Waters, 1935–36

Interest in problems of ground‐water hydrology continues unabated. As proof of this statement it is only necessary to state that of 57 papers listed for presentation at the present annual meeting of the Section of Hydrology and of the Pacific Coast meeting of the Section on January 31 and February 1, 26 papers, or 45 per cent, related to some phase of ground‐water hydrology. In this connection, attention may be called especially to the papers on ground‐water presented at the Pacific Coast meeting and published in the present Transactions.

At this early point in his report, the Chairman should state that at about the time he usually takes the preliminary steps in compiling data for his annual report, his official duties somewhat unexpectedly took him to field‐work in New Mexico and Colorado. Without the usual office facilities it has not been possible for him to make all desired contacts, and the present report of current ground‐water studies is necessarily somewhat incomplete.