Report Title: Reconnaissance of the water resources of Beaver County,
Oklahoma
Report Number: Map HA-450
Author: R.B. Morton and R.L. Goemaat
Abstract
Ground water is the major source of water supply in Beaver
County. Because of the rapidly increasing demand for the limited
supply of water for irrigation, additional geologic and hydrologic
data are needed for management of ground-water resources. This report
presents general information on the availability of ground water, on
the chemical quality of water, and on streamflow. The chemical quality
of water generally is poorer than that of water elsewhere in the
Oklahoma Panhandle, and the ability to obtain good quality water may
become increasingly difficult as the water resources are
developed.
Further studies are needed to determine the annual change
in water levels, the rate of water-level decline in heavily pumped
areas, the volume of water stored in the ground-water reservoir, and
the quantity of water that may be withdrawn safely in a given area.
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