Public water supplies in southern Texas
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Abstract
This report gives a summarized description of the public water supplies in 42 counties of southern Texas, extending from the Rio Grande northward to the northern boundaries of Kinney, Uvalde, Bandera, Kendall, and Hays Counties and eastward to the eastern boundaries of Caldwell, Gonzales, DeWitt, Victoria, and Calhoun Counties. It gives the available data as follows for each of the 114 communities: Population of the community; name of the official from whom the information was obtained; ownership of water works, whether private or municipal; source of supply, whether ground or surface water; the amount of water consumed; the facilities for storage; the number of customers served; the character of the chemical and sanitary treatment, if any; and chemical analyses of the water. Where ground water is used, the following information also is given: Records of wells, including drillers' logs; character of the pumping equipment; yield of the wells and records of water levels, where they are available.
| Publication type | Report |
|---|---|
| Publication Subtype | USGS Numbered Series |
| Title | Public water supplies in southern Texas |
| Series title | Water Supply Paper |
| Series number | 1070 |
| DOI | 10.3133/wsp1070 |
| Year Published | 1950 |
| Language | English |
| Publisher | U.S. Government Printing Office |
| Publisher location | Washington, D.C. |
| Contributing office(s) | Texas Water Science Center |
| Description | vi, 114 p. |
| Online Only (Y/N) | N |
| Additional Online Files (Y/N) | N |
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