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Water-Resources Investigations Report 01-4239

Ground-Water Discharge Determined from Measurements of Evapotranspiration, Other Available Hydrologic Components, and Shallow Water-Level Changes, Oasis Valley, Nye County, Nevada


Table 7. Monthly ground-water withdrawals measured by Beatty Water and Sanitation District, Oasis Valley and Amargosa Desert, Nevada, 1996-99

[Well locations are given in table 6. Dash indicates missing or non-applicable entry.]

Well name: Wells are grouped by Nevada hydrographic area and within each area are listed in alphabetical order.

Withdrawal measurement: Measurements provided by Beatty Water and Sanitation District. Withdrawal values are reported in acre-feet to three significant digits.

Name of well

Year

Ground-water withdrawal (acre-feet)

January

February

March

April

May

June

July

August

September

October

November

December

Annual total1

Oasis Valley

Beatty Middle Well

1996

0

0

0

0

--

--

--

1.35

1.75

1.4

1.66

1.34

7.5

1997

1.32

1.90

2.25

1.89

1.11

1.22

1.70

1.16

1.37

1.58

0.119

1.79

17.4

1998

1.99

1.69

1.81

1.29

1.41

.491

.86

1.07

.583

.522

.368

.46

12.5

1999

.307

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

.307

Beatty Summit Well

1996

5.53

5.86

4.92

5.55

5.44

5.35

5.35

5.84

5.26

4.98

5.47

4.95

64.5

1997

5.72

4.85

4.61

4.9

5.04

4.7

4.93

4.91

4.87

4.81

3.00

4.41

56.7

1998

4.88

4.2

4.6

5.25

6.57

5.95

5.03

6.57

4.23

3.96

3.04

4.08

58.4

1999

4.82

4.36

3.34

3.9

3.84

3.34

5.06

5.86

6.51

8.01

6.29

4.45

59.8

Beatty Upper Indian Well

1996

10.9

11.5

9.41

10.8

10.7

10.4

10.30

10.6

10.4

9.61

10.90

9.86

125

1997

11.6

9.77

9.44

10.1

10.4

9.82

9.02

11

10.2

10.1

5.50

7.42

114

1998

8.28

7.43

8.07

9.27

11

10.3

8.71

10.8

6.9

6.51

4.73

6.08

98.1

1999

6.54

6.17

4.69

5.55

4.91

4.91

7.3

8.9

10.1

12.3

10.80

6.57

88.6

Beatty Well No. 1

1996

4.24

4.51

3.79

4.19

4.27

3.85

3.59

3.91

3.88

2.58

3.24

2.07

44.1

1997

4.48

3.82

4.19

4.18

3.99

3.51

3.4

3.24

2.93

2.98

2.96

3.09

42.8

1998

3.31

3.47

3.44

4.02

4.17

4.66

3.59

3.65

3.28

2.42

3.59

3.65

43.3

1999

3.87

3.87

3.62

4.02

3.87

3.87

3.13

2.24

.123

.221

.144

.00921

29

Beatty Well No. 2

1996

3.09

0

0

0

0.486

10.3

11.3

11.2

11.5

9.99

3.18

1.04

62.1

1997

.579

.000307

2.21

8.86

1.8

0

7.57

11.1

3.85

13.3

6.24

0

55.5

1998

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

1999

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

Beatty Well No. 3

1996

.0988

3.45

3.54

12

20.5

14.1

17

20.2

9.54

3.97

2.27

0.64

107

1997

.918

.203

0

0

11.8

15.6

19.3

12.3

19.6

2.16

4.15

0

86

1998

0

0

0

0

.552

0

1.53

3.34

3.47

6.11

2.91

.123

18

1999

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

1.63

0

0

0

1.63

Amargosa Desert

EW-42

1997

--

--

--

--

--

--

--

--

--

--

1.9

4.86

6.76

1998

1.17

3.44

.43

2.61

5.55

9.11

18.4

20.5

22

16.6

11.7

3.71

115

1999

5.46

3.5

8.96

12.2

14.3

23.8

22.8

22.5

19.5

12

6.14

3.56

155

1Total annual ground-water withdrawal may not equal the total of reported monthly ground-water withdrawals because of rounding to significant digits.
2 Beatty Water and Sanitation District began using this well as a water-supply well in November 1997.


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