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Back To Top. Stories in Texas Edwards Aquifer Protection TNC has helped protect more than , acres of land above the Edwards Aquifer, which is one of the most important water resources in Texas. Edwards Aquifer Studies in Texas. Science Center Objects Overview Related Science Publications The Edwards aquifer in south-central Texas is one of the most productive aquifers in the Nation and is the primary source of water for the rapidly growing San Antonio area.
Typical limestone formation in the Edwards aquifer recharge zone. Projects related to the Edwards Aquifer are listed below. Filter Total Items: 4. Year Select Year Apply Filter. Date published: May 29, Contacts: Allan K Clark. Filter Total Items: 8. Year Published: Water-quality observations of the San Antonio segment of the Edwards aquifer, Texas, with an emphasis on processes influencing nutrient and pesticide geochemistry and factors affecting aquifer vulnerability, —16 As questions regarding the influence of increasing urbanization on water quality in the Edwards aquifer are raised, a better understanding of the sources, fate, and transport of compounds of concern in the aquifer—in particular, nutrients and pesticides—is needed to improve water management decision-making capabilities.
Opsahl, Stephen P. View Citation. Opsahl, S. Geological Survey Scientific Investigations Report —, 67 p. Year Published: New insights into nitrate dynamics in a karst groundwater system gained from in situ high-frequency optical sensor measurements Understanding nitrate dynamics in groundwater systems as a function of climatic conditions, especially during contrasting patterns of drought and wet cycles, is limited by a lack of temporal and spatial data.
Slattery, Richard N. Slattery, R. Geological Survey Fact Sheet —, 2 p. Geological Survey Scientific Investigations Report —, 41 p. Clark, Allan K. Clark, A. Year Published: Source, variability, and transformation of nitrate in a regional karst aquifer: Edwards aquifer, central Texas. Thomas, Jonathan V.
Thomas, J. In recent decades, demand for water in the region has increased well beyond the Aquifer's capacity to provide for a growing population.
Increasing concerns about the welfare of endangered species and regional economies that depend on springflows from the Aquifer have become defining issues for central Texas. For these reasons, waters users of the region have faced tough and controversial decisions about who owns, controls, and uses Aquifer water. To develop a rational and sustainable management of this natural resource , it is useful to have is a good understanding of the Edwards and its limitations.
These pages are presented by Gregg Eckhardt as an information resource for the general public, so people may become better informed about the Edwards Aquifer and issues surrounding it.
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