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Rainfall, hurricanes, rivers, reservoirs, springs, lakes, aquifers, wetlands, floodplains, water parks, irrigation, wells--the list of water-related topics in Texas is long and critical to the state's economic and political future. Texas Water Atlas provides the first comprehensive reference fo...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Estaville, Lawrence E. (Lawrence Ernest) (Author)
Other Authors: Earl, Richard A. (Richard Allen)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: College Station : Texas A and M University Press, [2008]
Edition:1st ed.
Series:River books (Series)
Subjects:
Hydrology > Texas.
Hydrology > Texas > Maps.
Hydrology > Texas > Pictorial works.
Hydrologie > Texas.
Hydrologie > Texas > Ouvrages illustrés.
Hydrology.
Texas.
illustrated books.
Illustrated works.
Maps.
Pictorial works.
Cartes géographiques.
Ouvrages illustrés.
Online Access:Table of contents
Table of Contents:
  • CLIMATE: Climates
  • Climate divisions
  • Average annual precipitation
  • Average monthly precipitation, January-April
  • Average monthly precipitation, May-August, Average monthly precipitation, September-December
  • Climate variability
  • annual precipitation
  • Climate variability
  • annual precipitation (graph)
  • Annual precipitation for major Texas cities, 1940-2003
  • Annual precipitation, 1940-2003
  • El Paso and Lubbock
  • Annual precipitation, 1940-2003
  • San Antonio and Austin
  • Annual precipitation, 1940-2003
  • Dallas and Houston
  • Annual potential evapotranspiration
  • Priestly Taylor method
  • Annual potential evapotranspiration
  • Penman method
  • Gross lake surface evaporation
  • average annual rate, 1950-79
  • SURFACE WATER AND GROUNDWATER: Major rivers
  • Major drainage basins
  • Surface water
  • Major Texas reservoirs (table)
  • Springs
  • Groundwater recharge
  • estimated mean annual
  • Major aquifers
  • Edwards aquifer
  • Ogallala aquifer
  • Edwards-Trinity aquifer system
  • Minor aquifers
  • Playa Lakes
  • Coastal wetlands near Galveston
  • Coastal wetlands near Corpus Christi
  • Coastal wetlands near Brownsville
  • WATER HAZARDS: Shoreline erosion
  • overview of study areas
  • Shoreline erosion
  • focus on study areas
  • Floodplain zones
  • Selected floodplains
  • downtown areas
  • Historic floods, 1853-2002
  • Floods from storms, 1853-2002
  • Flash floods, 1986-99
  • Hurricane paths
  • most damaging storms, 1950-2000
  • Hurricane intensity
  • most severely affected countries
  • Major droughts
  • National Weather Service climatic divisions
  • Public water supply systems
  • affected by drought, 2004
  • Per capita water use in drought, 2000
  • Groundwater overdraft subsidence
  • Houston-Galveston area, 1906-2000
  • WATER QUANTITY AND QUALITY: Spanish - Mexican acequias
  • USGS real-time gaging stations
  • Surface water supply index, 2002
  • Surface water availability, 2002
  • Surface water allocation, 2004
  • Surface water quality, 2000
  • Water desalination plants, 2004
  • Groundwater vulnerability, 2002
  • Water wells, 2004
  • wells per county
  • Waters wells drilled, 1820-2003
  • Water wells drilled annually, 1820-2003 (graph)
  • Population and precipitation, 2000
  • Population and water usage, 2003
  • Water usage, 2003
  • irrigation, manufacturing, municipal
  • Water usage, 2003
  • mining, livestock, steam and electric production
  • River authorities, 2000
  • Water management regions, 2003
  • Senate bill (1997)
  • Groundwater conservation districts (GCDs)
  • WATER PROJECTS, POLLUTION, AND PROTECTION: National waterway network in Texas, 2001
  • Hydroelectric power, 1999
  • Major Texas hydroelectric plants, 2005 (table)
  • Oil and natural gas production, 2003
  • Industrial pollutants
  • leaking underground tanks, 2001, and industrial hazardous waste, 1997
  • Industrial pollutants, 2004
  • mining operations and nuclear or radioactive
  • Agricultural pollutants, 2004
  • animal waste and groundwater contamination
  • Concentrated animal feeding operations (CAFOs)
  • Sanitary landfills
  • number of people served, 1996
  • Landfills
  • other attributes, 1996
  • Facilities emitting air pollutants, 1999
  • Wastewater discharge, 2002
  • Toxic substances in surface waters, 1999
  • Locations of fish kills, 1958-2005
  • Endangered water-dependent species, 2004
  • fish, mammmals, and birds
  • Endangered water-dependent species, 2004
  • other animals and plants
  • Invasive plant species
  • Major protected areas
  • WATER RECREATION: Water access by boats, 2005
  • Aquariums, 2006
  • Water parks, 2006
  • Scuba parks, 2006
  • Tubing access, 2006
  • WATER PROSPECTS: Projected change in water supplies, 2000-2050
  • water management regions
  • Change in groundwater supplies, 2000-2050
  • Interbasin water transfers
  • Proposed interbasin water transfers
  • Projected water needs
  • water user groups in river basins
  • Counties with projected unmet user group needs, 2050
  • Surface water supplies in drought
  • projected for river basins
  • Per capita water use in drought
  • projected for selected cities
  • Water demand projections
  • irrigation
  • Water demand projections
  • livestock
  • Water demand projections
  • manufacturing
  • Water demand projections
  • manufacturing
  • Water demand projections
  • mining
  • Water demand projections
  • municipal
  • Water demand projections
  • steam and electric.