Ground-water withdrawals and changes in the water levels in the Houston District, Texas, 1975-1979.

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1984

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Gabrysch, R.K.

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During 1975-79, total withdrawals of ground water in the Houston district decreased by 9.7 percent. This percentage represents a decrease from 505 million gallons per day during 1975, to 456 million gallons per day during 1979. The decrease resulted from an increased use of surface water that became available from Lake Livingston on the Trinity River during late 1976. During 1975-79, withdrawals of ground water decreased in the Pasadena, Katy, Baytown-La Porte, Johnson Space Center, Texas City, and Alta Loma areas but increased in the Houston area. The decrease in withdrawals in the Katy area resulted partly from a small decrease in the acreage of rice planted, but mostly from the decrease in water needed for irrigation during 1979. The withdrawal of ground water increased in the Houston area because of the increase in population. The maximum rise of water levels in wells completed in the Chicot aquifer was 110 feet and for those completed in the Evangeline aquifer it was 150 feet. The maximum decline of water levels in wells completed in the Chicot aquifer 60 feet; and for those completed in the Evangeline aquifers it was 70 feet.

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42 p.

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ground water, aquifers, water supply, wells(water), irrigation, water use, surface water

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