Ground-water resources of Chambers and Jefferson Counties, Texas.

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1971

Authors

Wesselman, J.B.

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The hydrologic units of Chambers and Jefferson Counties, the Chicot and Evangeline aquifers and the Burkeville aquiclude, are composed of gravel, sand, silt, and clay of Miocene, Pliocene, Pleistocene, and Holocene age. Only small quantities of fresh ground water, less than 1000 mg/l dissolved solids, are available in Chambers and Jefferson Counties, and these supplies are fairly well developed. In 1965, approximately 18.6 mgd of ground water was used in the report area. Of this amount 10 mgd was fresh water produced from wells in adjacent Hardin and Orange Counties. Total pumpage of fresh water in Chambers and Jefferson Counties was approximately 6.1 mgd. About 2.5 mgd was slightly or moderately saline water.

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181 p.

Keywords

ground water, water resources, water springs, water use, water levels, geology

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