GROUND WATER ATLAS of the UNITED STATES
Arizona, Colorado, New Mexico, Utah
HA 730-C

High Plains aquifer

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Fresh Ground-water Withdrawals

Figure 78 Map showing the increased percentage of land area irrigated with ground water from the High Plains aquifer between 1949 and 1978 (212K)
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