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Water-Resources Investigations Report 10-73

Artificial-Recharge Experiments and Operations on the Southern High Plains of Texas and New Mexico

By Richmond R. Brown and Donald C. Signor

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Experiments using highly turbid water from playa lakes for injection into the Ogallala Formation have resulted in greatly decreased yield of the recharge wells, Recharge of ground or surface water of good quality has indicated, however, that injection through wells is an effective method of recharging the aquifer. Water that is slightly turbid can be successfully injected for a period of time, but generally results in constantly declining yields and capacity for recharge. Redevelopment through pumping and surging significantly prolongs the life of recharge wells under some conditions. Surface spreading is little practiced on the High Plains, but locally may be a feasible means of artificial recharge.

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Brown, R.F., and Signor, D.C., 1973, Artificial-recharge experiments and operations on the southern high plains of Texas and New Mexico: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources Investigations Report 10-73, 59 p.


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