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Public water supplies in eastern Texas

Water Supply Paper 1047
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https://doi.org/10.3133/wsp1047

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Abstract

This report gives a summarized description of the public water supplies in 77 counties of eastern Texas, extending from the Louisiana boundary to a northsouth line approximately along the ninety-seventh meridian. It gives the available data as follows for each of 323 communities: The population of the community; the name of the official from whom the information was obtained; the ownership of the waterworks, whether private or municipal; the source of supply, whether ground or surface water; the amount of water consumed; the facilities for storage; the number of customers served; the character of the chemical and sanitary treatment of the water, if any; and the chemical analyses of the water. Where ground water is used the following is also given: Records of wells, including drillers' logs; character of the pumping equipment; yield of the wells and water level records where they are available.

Publication type Report
Publication Subtype USGS Numbered Series
Title Public water supplies in eastern Texas
Series title Water Supply Paper
Series number 1047
DOI 10.3133/wsp1047
Year Published 1948
Language English
Publisher U.S. Government Printing Office
Publisher location Washington, D.C.
Contributing office(s) Texas Water Science Center
Description xi, 285 p.
Online Only (Y/N) N
Additional Online Files (Y/N) N
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