Regional Transect Study - southern High Plains
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The southern High Plains aquifer is the primary source of water for domestic,
industrial, and irrigation uses in parts of Texas and New Mexico. Water-level declines
of more than 100 feet in some areas of the aquifer have increased the demand for water deeper in the aquifer. The
average saturated thickness of the aquifer was 59 feet in 2000.
As the demand for deeper water increases, it becomes increasingly important for
resource managers to understand how the quality of water in the aquifer changes
with depth. In 2001, 8 nested monitoring wells at 2
locations in the Panhandle of Texas
(see map) were completed at various depths in the southern High
Plains aquifer (see interpretive report
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Water samples were collected once from each well in 2002 to measure vertical gradients in water chemistry in the aquifer. Click on a site below to view water-quality data. You may retrieve the entire data set by clicking below.
Transect Site #1 (Hale) View QA data
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