Geology and ground-water resources of the Anchorage area, Alaska
Dagfin John Cederstrom, Frank W. Trainer, Roger Milton Waller
1964, Water Supply Paper 1773
The Anchorage area, at the head of Cook Inlet in south-central Alaska, occupies 150 square miles of a glaciated lowland and lies between two estuaries and the Chugach Mountains. Two military bases are in the area; Anchorage is the largest city in Alaska and the chief transportation center for this...
Evaluation of hydrogeology and hydrogeochemistry of Truckee Meadows area, Washoe County, Nevada
Philip M. Cohen, Omar J. Loeltz
1964, Water Supply Paper 1779-S
Practically all the ground water of economic importance in the Truckee Meadows area, an alluviated intermontane basin in western Nevada is in the valley fill, which consists of unconsolidated and partially consolidated sedimentary deposits. The Mesozoic and Cenozoic consolidated rocks of the mountains bordering the valley contain some water in...
Preliminary results of hydrogeologic investigations in the valley of the Humboldt River near Winnemucca, Nevada
Philip M. Cohen
1964, Water Supply Paper 1754
Most of the ground water of economic importance and nearly all the ground water closely associated with the flow o# the Humboldt River in the. 40-mile reach near Winnemucca, Nev., are in unconsolidated sedimentary deposits. These deposits range in age from Pliocene to Recent and range in character from coarse...
Reconnaissance of the ground-water resources of the Arkansas Valley region, Arkansas
R.M. Cordova
1964, Water Supply Paper 1669-BB
Hydrology of aquifer systems in the Memphis area, Tennessee
James H. Criner, P-C. P. Sun, Dale J. Nyman
1964, Water Supply Paper 1779-O
The Memphis area as described in .this report comprises about 1,300 square miles of the Mississippi embayment part of the Gulf Coastal Plain. The area is underlain by as much as 3,000 feet of sediments ranging in age from Cretaceous through Quaternary. In 1960, 150 mgd (million gallons per day)...
A summary of the occurrence and development of ground water in the southern High Plains of Texas
J.G. Cronin, B. N. Myers
1964, Water Supply Paper 1693
The Southern High Plains of Texas occupies an area of about 22,000 square miles in northwest Texas, extending from the Canadian River southward. about 250 miles and from the New Mexico line eastward an average distance of about 120 miles. The economy of the area is dependent largely upon irrigated...
A study of fluvial characteristics and hydraulic variables middle Rio Grande, New Mexico
James K. Culbertson, D.R. Dawdy
1964, Water Supply Paper 1498-F
Ground-water resources of north-central Connecticut
Robert Vittum Cushman
1964, Water Supply Paper 1752
The term 'north-central Connecticut' in this report refers to an area of about 640 square miles within the central lowland of the Connecticut River basin north of Middletown. The area is mostly a broad valley floor underlain by unconsolidated deposits of Pleistocene and Recent age which mantle an erosional surface...
Water resources of the Hartford-New Britain area, Connecticut
Robert Vittum Cushman, D. Tanski, M. P. Thomas
1964, Water Supply Paper 1499-H
The Hartford-New Britain area includes the metropolitan areas of Hartford and New Britain and parts of several adjoining towns. Water used in the area is withdrawn from the principal streams and aquifers at an average rate of 463.5 mgd (million gallons per day). Sufficient water is available from these sources...
Use of ground-water reservoirs for storage of surface water in the San Joaquin Valley, California
G. H. Davis, B. E. Lofgren, Seymour Mack
1964, Water Supply Paper 1618
The San Joaquin Valley includes roughly the southern two-thirds of the Central Valley of California, extending 250 miles from Stockton on the north to Grapevine at the foot of the Tehachapi Mountains. The valley floor ranges in width from 25 miles near Bakersfield to about 55 miles near Visalia; it...
Ground-water provinces of southern Rhodesia
Philip Eldon Dennis, L.L. Hindson
1964, Water Supply Paper 1757-D
Ground-water development, utilization, and occurrence in nine ground-water provinces of Southern Rhodesia are summarized in this report. Water obtained from drilled wells for domestic and stock use has played an important part in the social and economic development of Southern Rhodesia from the beginnings of European settlement to the present....
Availability of ground water in parts of the Acoma and Laguna Indian Reservations, New Mexico
George A. Dinwiddie, Ward Sundt Motts
1964, Water Supply Paper 1576-E
The need for additional water has increased in recent years on the Acoma and Laguna Indian Reservations in west-central New Mexico because the population and per capita use of water have increased; the tribes also desire water for light industry, for more modern schools, and to increase their irrigation program....
Ground-water resources of the Bengasi area, Cyrenaica, United Kingdom of Libya
William Watson Doyel, Frank J. Maguire
1964, Water Supply Paper 1757-B
The Benpsi area of Libya, in the northwestern part of the Province of Cyrenaica (Wilayat Barqah), is semiarid, and available ground-water supplies in the area are relatively small. Potable ground water from known sources is reserved for the present and future needs of the city, and no surface-water supplies are...
Public water supplies of the 100 largest cities of the United States, 1962
Charles N. Durfor, Edith Becker
1964, Water Supply Paper 1812
The public water supplies of the 100 largest cities in the United States (1960 U.S. Census) serve 9,650 million gallons of water per day (mgd) to 60 million people, which is 34 percent of the Nation's total population and 48 percent of the Nation's urban population. The amount of water...
Discharge ratings for streams at submerged section controls
William Stewart Eisenlohr
1964, Water Supply Paper 1779-L
Geology and ground-water resources of Richardson County, Nebraska
Philip A. Emery
1964, Water Supply Paper 1779-W
Richardson County is in the extreme southeast corner of Nebraska. It has an area of 545 square miles, and in 1960 it had a population of 13,903. The county is in the physiographic region referred to as the Dissected Loess-covered Till Prairies. Major drainage consists of the Big Nemaha River,...
Chemical composition of snow in the northern Sierra Nevada and other areas
John Henry Frederick Feth, S. M. Rogers, Charles Elmer Roberson
1964, Water Supply Paper 1535-J
Melting snow provides a large part of the water used throughout the western conterminous United States for agriculture, industry, and domestic supply. It is an active agent in chemical weathering, supplies moisture for forest growth, and sustains fish and wildlife. Despite its importance, virtually nothing has been known of the...
Sources of mineral constituents in water from granitic rocks, Sierra Nevada, California and Nevada
John Henry Frederick Feth, C.E. Robertson, Wilfred L. Polzer
1964, Water Supply Paper 1535-I
Galleries and their use for development of shallow ground-water supplies, with special reference to Alaska
Alvin J. Feulner
1964, Water Supply Paper 1809-E
Compilation of records of surface waters of the United States, October 1950 to September 1960, part 1–A. North Atlantic Slope basins, Maine to Connecticut
E. L. Hendricks
1964, Water Supply Paper 1721
No abstract available....
Geology and ground-water resources of Uvalde County, Texas
F.A. Welder, R.D. Reeves
1964, Water Supply Paper 1584
The principal aquifer in Uvalde County is the Edwards and associated limestones of Cretaceous age. The aquifer underlies an extensive area in south-central Texas extending along the Balcones fault zone from Kinney County eastward to San Antonio, and thence northeastward to Hays County. The hydrologic unit making up the Edwards...
Compilation of records of surface waters of the United States, October 1950 to September 1960, part 1–B. North Atlantic Slope Basins, New York to York River
E. L. Hendricks
1964, Water Supply Paper 1722
No abstract available....
Geology and ground-water resources of Yuma County, Colorado
William G. Weist
1964, Water Supply Paper 1539-J
Compilation of records of surface waters of the United States, October 1950 to September 1960, Part 12. Pacific slope basins in Washington and upper Columbia River basin
E. L. Hendricks, Frank Stermitz, W. I. Travis, F. M. Veatch
1964, Water Supply Paper 1736
No abstract available....
Hydrologic conditions in the Wheatland Flats area, Platte County, Wyoming
Edwin P. Weeks
1964, Water Supply Paper 1783
