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The Ogallala Aquifer (oh-gə-LAH-lə) is a shallow water table aquifer surrounded by sand, silt, clay, and gravel located beneath the Great Plains in the United States. As one of the world's largest aquifers, it underlies an area of approximately 174,000 sq mi (450,000 km 2) in portions of eight states (South Dakota, Nebraska, Wyoming, Colorado, Kansas, Oklahoma, New Mexico, and Texas). [1]
Water levels in wells across Texas are running low because of the extreme drought, groundwater experts say. ... In North Texas, because people pump more water in the summer, groundwater levels ...
While the state passed $1 billion for the Texas Water Fund in 2023, the amount needed to overhaul the state’s water infrastructure sufficient to head off shortages is estimated to be more like ...
Watersheds of North America are large drainage basins which drain to separate oceans, seas, gulfs, or endorheic basins. There are six generally recognized hydro-logical continental divides which divide the continent into seven principal drainage basins spanning three oceans ( Arctic , Atlantic and Pacific ) and one endorheic basin.
Texas has a water problem.. Texas Department of Agriculture Commissioner Sid Miller told WFAA on "Inside Texas Politics" that the state is running out of water and lawmakers need to react soon ...
11,954 acres (4,838 ha) (at conservation level) Max. depth: 76.5 ft (23.3 m) Water volume: 366,236 acre⋅ft (451.745 hm 3) (at conservation level) Shore length 1: 129 mi (208 km) Surface elevation: 836 ft (255 m) at conservation pool level: Islands: Rattlesnake Island, Stripling Island, Steele Island, Horse Island: Settlements: Runaway Bay ...
Lake Bastrop also serves as a venue for outdoor recreation, including fishing, boating, swimming, camping and picnicking, and is maintained at a constant level year round. [ 2 ] Approximately one quarter of the shoreline of the Lake is privately owned by the Capitol Area Council, Boy Scouts of America.
According to annual depth to water level measurements obtained by the High Plains Underground Water District, the water table beneath the Llano Estacado has declined at a rate of 0.8 ft (0.2 m) per year over the last decade. Over the 20-year period from 1987 to 2007, the water table dropped a total of 18.6 ft (5.7 m) across the district. [8]