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The Edwards Aquifer : the past, present, and future of a vital water resource
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"One of the world's great karstic aquifer systems, the Edwards aquifer system supplies water for more than 2 million people and for agricultural, municipal, industrial, and recreational uses. This ...
"One of the world's great karstic aquifer systems, the Edwards aquifer system supplies water for more than 2 million people and for agricultural, municipal, industrial, and recreational uses. This volume reviews the current state of knowledge, current and emerging challenges to wise use of the aquifer system, and some technologies that must be adopted to address these challenges"--
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- edited by John M. Sharp Jr., Ronald T. Green, and Geary M. Schindel
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- Language
- English
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- Boulder, Colorado : The Geological Society of America, Inc. 2019
- ©2019
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- iv, 312 pages : illustrations (some color), charts, maps ; 29 cm
- ISBNs
- 0813782155, 9780813712154, 0813712157, 9780813782157
- OCLC
- on1110128514, on1110144233
- Includes bibliographical references.
- Genesis of the Edwards (Balcones Fault Zone) Aquifer / Geary M. Schindel -- Numerical groundwater models for Edwards Aquifer systems / R.T. Green, J. Winterle, and B. Fratesi -- San Antonio Pool of the Edwards Aquifer (Balcones Fault Zone) Aquifer / R.T. Green, F.P Bertetti, B. Fratesi, and G.M. Schindel -- Uvalde Pool of the Edwards (Balcones Fault Zone) Aquifer / R.T. Green, F.P. Bertetti, B. Fratesi, and R.N. McGinnis -- Kinney Pool: Defining the Western Boundary of the Edwards (Balcones Fault Zone) Aquifer / R.T. Green, F.P. Bertetti, and R.N. McGinnis -- Barton Springs segment of the Edwards (Balcones Fault Zone) Aquifer, central Texas / Brian B. Hunt, Brian A. Smith, and Nico M. Hauwert -- Devils River watershed: Southern Edwards-Trinity Aquifer / R.T. Green, B. Fratesi, N. Toll, F.P. Bertetti, and R. Nunu -- Northern Segment of the Edwards (Balcones Fault Zone) Aquifer / Ian C. Jones -- The Washita Prairie segment of the Edwards (Balcones Fault Zone) Aquifer / Joe C. Yelderman Jr. -- The Edwards-Trinity (Plateau) and Trinity (Hill Country) Aquifer System, Texas / Ian C. Jones and Roberto Anaya -- Water quality and the bad-water (saline-water) zone of the Edwards (Balcones Fault Zone) Aquifer / John M. Sharp Jr. and Brian A. Smith -- Biology and ecology of the Edwards Aquifer / Jean Krejca and James Reddell -- Geologic structure of the Edwards (Balcones Fault Zone) Aquifer / David A. Ferrill, Alan P. Morris, and Ronald N. McGinnis -- Texas groundwater law and the Edwards Aquifer / Amy Hardberger -- The Edwards Aquifer Habitat Conservation Plan: Its planning and implementation / Shaun Payne, Nathan Pence, and Chad Furl -- The use of water from the Edwards Aquifers, Texas / Robert E. Mace -- Effects of urbanization on the Edwards Aquifer / John M. Sharp Jr. -- Climate variability, change and Edwards Aquifer water fluxes / Hugo A. Loáiciga and Madeline Schofield -- Emerging contaminants in groundwater, karst, and the Edwards (Balcones Fault Zone) Aquifer / Barbara Mahler and MaryLynn Musgrove -- Aquifer storage and recovery in the Edwards Aquifers, Texas / Neil E. Deeds and Fred Blumberg -- Desalination: Growing opportunities in Texas / Erika Mancha and W. Shane Walker -- Surface geophysics, Edwards and Trinity Aquifers, central Texas / Mustafa Saribudak -- Tracer Testing in the Edwards Aquifer / Steven Johnson, Geary M. Schindel, and John Van Brahana -- Multilevel monitoring of the Edwards and Trinity Aquifers / Brian A. Smith and Brian B. Hunt -- Evolution of Edwards-Trinity Aquifer biodiversity: Insights from phylogeography / Thomas J. Devitt -- Historical Note: The Edwards Aquifer Authority / Rick Illgner and Geary M. Schindel