GROUND WATER ATLAS of the UNITED STATES
Arizona, Colorado, New Mexico, Utah
HA 730-C
Roswell Basin aquifer system
(figures 92-106)
Introduction (Click to view thumbnails
and download figures)
- Figure 92 Map showing
location of the Roswell Basin aquifer system
Hydrogeologic Units (Click to view thumbnails and download figures)
- Figure 93 Correlation
chart showing the hydrogeologic characteristics of the Roswell
Basin aquifers
- Figure 94 Cross
section showing the geologic and hydrogeologic composition of
the Roswell Basin aquifer system
- Figure 95 Map
showing the structure contour of the base of the alluvium in
the Roswell Basin aquifer system
- Figure 96 Cross
sections showing the potentiometric surface of the Roswell Basin
aquifer system
Recharge and Discharge (Click to view thumbnails
and download figures)
- Figure 97 Map
showing the comparison of the potentiometric surface of the carbonate-rock
aquifer to that of the alluvial aquifer in January, 1975
Water-level Conditions
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- Figure 98 Map showing
the potentiometric surface of the carbonate-rock aquifer in the
Roswell Basin
- Figure 99
Map showing the potentiometric surface of the alluvial aquifer
in the Roswell Basin
- Figure 100 Photograph
of flowing well completed in the carbonate-rock aquifer near
Roswell, New Mexico
- Figure 101
Map showing water-level decline in the carbonate-rock aquifer
from 1950 to 1975
- Figure 102
Map showing water-level decline in the alluvial aquifer from
1950 to 1975
Aquifer Characteristics
Ground-water Quality
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- Figure 103
Map showing the dissolved-chloride concentrations of water from
the carbonate-rock aquifer in the Roswell Basin
- Figure 104
Diagram showing the variation of chloride concentrations in ground-water
during the year
- Figure 105
Map showing the dissolved-chloride concentrations of water from
the alluvial aquifer in the Roswell Basin
- Figure 106 Pie
chart showing the use of fresh ground-water withdrawals during
1985