Development of ground water in the Houston District, Texas, 1970-74
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Abstract
Total withdrawals of ground water in the Houston district, Texas , increased 9 percent from about 488 million gallons per day in 1970 to about 532 million gallons per day in 1974. The average annual rate of increase from 1960 to 1969 was about 6.3 percent. During 1970-74, increases in pumpage occurred in the Houston, Katy, and NASA areas; decreases occurred in the Pasadena and Alta Loma areas; and the pumpage in the Baytown-La Porte and Texas City areas remained almost constant. Water levels continued to decline throughout the district during 1970-74, but the rate of decline generally was not as great as in previous years. The greatest declines in the past several years were in the Houston area, but the center of decline is still in the Pasadena and Baytown-La Porte areas. The decrease in the rate of decline suggests that the aquifers in the Houston district could support the amount of pumping during 1970-74 with little, if any , further decline. Although saltwater encroachment has probably occurred in the district, particularly in Galveston County, no large increases in chloride were measured at the monitoring points. (Woodard-USGS)
| Publication type | Report |
|---|---|
| Publication Subtype | USGS Numbered Series |
| Title | Development of ground water in the Houston District, Texas, 1970-74 |
| Series title | Open-File Report |
| Series number | 77-413 |
| DOI | 10.3133/ofr77413 |
| Year Published | 1977 |
| Language | English |
| Publisher | U.S. Geological Survey |
| Contributing office(s) | Texas Water Science Center |
| Description | v, 44 leaves, [21] leaves of plates (some fold.) :ill., graphs, maps (some fold.) ;28 cm.; (55 p., 1 sheet, scale 1:275,000 - PGS) |
| Scale | 275000 |
| Online Only (Y/N) | N |
| Additional Online Files (Y/N) | N |
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