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Suggested citation:

Bush, P.W., Ardis, A.F., Fahlquist, Lynne, Ging, P.B., Hornig, C.E., and Lanning-Rush, Jennifer, 2000, Water Quality in South-Central Texas, Texas, 1996–98: U.S. Geological Survey Circular 1212, 32 p., on-line at https://pubs.water.usgs.gov/circ1212/

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