Report Title: Chemical quality of surface waters in the Arkansas River basin of
Oklahoma
Report Number: OFR 57-40
Author: T.B. Dover
Abstract
One of the first requisites for intelligent planning of the
utilization and control of water and for the administration of laws
relating to its use, is data on the quantity, quality, and mode of
occurence of water supplies. The collections, evaluation,
interpretation, and publication of such data constitute the primary
function of the Water Resources Division of the United States
Geological Survey. Since 1895 the Congress has made appropriations to
this agency for investigations of the water resources of the Nation.
In 1929 the Congress adopted the policy of dollar-for-dollar
cooperation with State and local governmental agencies for
water-resources investigations. The Geological Survey's Federal-State
cooperative program of quality-of-water investigations in Oklahoma was
started in 1944 in cooperation with the Oklahoma Planning and
Resources Board. Since July of this year the program has been carried
on cooperatively with the newly created Oklahoma Water Resources
Board.
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