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Located in South Central Texas, the Edwards Aquifer encompasses an area of approximately 4,350 square miles (11,300 km 2) that extends into parts of 11 counties. [3] The aquifer's boundaries begin at the groundwater divide in Kinney County, East of Brackettville, and extend Eastward through the San Antonio area and then Northeast where the aquifer boundary ends at the Leon River in Bell County ...
In Texas, there are 98 of these districts, covering nearly 70% of the state, according to the Texas Water Development Board. The Upper Trinity Groundwater Conservation District has the following ...
The area is known for its semiarid climate, with heavy farming and ranching throughout the area sustained by irrigation from the Ogallala Aquifer and the saltier Santa Rosa Aquifer beneath it. Hereford's local water supply contains an unusually high level of naturally occurring fluoride. Because fluoride is used to protect against tooth decay ...
Santa Rosa is located in northwestern Cameron County at (26.256651, –97.826673 It is 6 miles (10 km) west of Combes and 7 miles (11 km) east of La Villa . According to the United States Census Bureau , the town has a total area of 0.77 square miles (2.0 km 2 ), all land.
Santa Rosa CDP, Texas – Racial and ethnic composition Note: the US Census treats Hispanic/Latino as an ethnic category. This table excludes Latinos from the racial categories and assigns them to a separate category. Hispanics/Latinos may be of any race. Race / Ethnicity (NH = Non-Hispanic) Pop 2010 [16] Pop 2020 [17] % 2010 % 2020 White alone ...
[31] [32] [33] The estuary is a major shipping center, the heart of the Houston Ship Channel, and the Port of Houston, Port of Texas City, and Port of Galveston drive much economic activity on the waterways. [34] Petrochemical industries are concentrated along the western shore, and the estuary also supports Texas's largest commercial fishery ...
Santa Rosa Lake is 117 miles/188 km east of Albuquerque. [10] Sumner Lake, formed by the 1939 Sumner Dam , is located between Santa Rosa and Fort Sumner, New Mexico. [ 11 ] Two dams are located north of Carlsbad, New Mexico , at Avalon Dam and Brantley Dam , to help irrigate about 25,000 acres (10,000 ha) as part of the Carlsbad reclamation ...
Following is a list of dams and reservoirs in Texas. All major dams are linked below. The National Inventory of Dams defines any "major dam" as being 50 feet (15 m) tall with a storage capacity of at least 5,000 acre-feet (6,200,000 m 3 ), or of any height with a storage capacity of 25,000 acre-feet (31,000,000 m 3 ).