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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.

Suggested Citation

Sundstrom, R.W., Hastings, W., Broadhurst, W., 1948, Public water supplies in eastern Texas: U.S. Geological Survey Water Supply Paper 1047, xi, 285 p., https://doi.org/10.3133/wsp1047.

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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