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Availability of ground water on Federal land near the Ak-Chin Indian Reservation, Arizona— A reconnaissance study

Open-File Report 79-1165
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https://doi.org/10.3133/ofr791165

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Abstract

Sufficient ground water to provide about 2.1 million acre-feet in a 25-year period is available for delivery to the Ak-Chin Indian Reservation from Federal land in the Vekol Valley, Waterman Wash area, and Bosque area in south-central Arizona. Withdrawal of 85,000 acre-feet per year as required by the Ak-Chin water-supply act--Public Law 95-328--will greatly deplete the amount of water in storage and may cause land subsidence in the areas. Study concurrent with well-field development will enable design changes to minimize pumping costs , water-level declines, movement of poor-quality water into the well fields, and potential land subsidence and associated earth fissures. Surface and bore-hole geophysical testing, aquifer tests, and the development of simulative mathematical models will accomplish these goals and permit quantitative evaluations of the potential deleterious effects resulting from development of the water supply. (Woodard-USGS)

Suggested Citation

Wilson, R.P., 1979, Availability of ground water on Federal land near the Ak-Chin Indian Reservation, Arizona— A reconnaissance study: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 79-1165, Report: vi, 36 p.; 11 Plates: 9.72 × 16.61 inches or smaller, https://doi.org/10.3133/ofr791165.

ISSN: 2331-1258 (online)

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Publication type Report
Publication Subtype USGS Numbered Series
Title Availability of ground water on Federal land near the Ak-Chin Indian Reservation, Arizona— A reconnaissance study
Series title Open-File Report
Series number 79-1165
DOI 10.3133/ofr791165
Year Published 1979
Language English
Publisher U.S. Geological Survey
Description Report: vi, 36 p.; 11 Plates: 9.72 × 16.61 inches or smaller
Country United States
State Arizona
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