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Chávez, J.L., P.H. Gowda, T.A. Howell and K.S. Copeland, 2007 Evaluating three evapotranspiration mapping algorithms with lysimetric data in the semi-arid Texas High Plains. Conf. Proc. 28th Annual International Irrigation Show December 9-11, 2007, San Diego Convention Center. Irrigation Association. pp. 268-283.

Dennehy, K.F., Litke, D.W., and McMahon, P.B., 2002, The High Plains aquifer; USA – Ground-water development and sustainability, in Hiscock, K.M., Rivett, M.O., and Davison, R.M., eds., Sustainable ground-water development: London Geological Society, Special Publication 193, p. 99-119.

Diffendal, R.F., 1995, Geology of the Ogallala/High Plains regional aquifer system in Nebraska: Papers in Natural Resources, University of Nebraska, pp. 61-75

Gustavson, T.C., 1996, Fluvial and eolian depositional systems, paleosols, and paleoclimate of the Upper Cenozoic Ogallala and Blackwater Draw Formations, southern high plains, Texas and New Mexico: Austin, The University of Texas, 62 p.

Hutson, S.S., Barber, N.L., Kenny, J.F., Linsey, K.S., Lumina, D.S., and Maupin, M.A., 2004, Estimated use of water in the United States in 2000: U.S. Geological Survey Circular1268, 46 p.

Luckey, R.R., Gutentag, E.D., Heimes, F.J., and Weeks, J.B., 1986, Digital simulation of ground-water flow in the High Plains Aquifer in parts of Colorado, Kansas, Nebraska, New Mexico, Oklahoma, South Dakota, Texas, and Wyoming: U.S. Geological Survey Professional Paper 1400-D, 57 p.

Luckey, R.R., Gutentag, E.D., Heimes, F.J., and Weeks, J.B., 1988, Effects of future ground-water pumpage on the High Plains Aquifer in parts of Colorado, Kansas, Nebraska, New Mexico, Oklahoma, South Dakota, Texas, and Wyoming: U.S. Geological Survey Professional Paper 1400-E, 44 p.

Maupin, M.A., and Barber, N.L., 2005, Estimated withdrawals from principal aquifers in the United States, 2000: U.S. Geological Survey Circular 1279, 46 p.

McGuire, V.L., 2007, Changes in water levels and storage in the High Plains aquifer, predevelopment to 2005: U.S. Geological Survey Fact Sheet 2007-3029, 2 p.

McMahon, P.B., Dennehy, K.F., Bruce, B.W., Gurdak, J.J., and Qi, S.L., 2007, Water-quality assessment of the High Plains aquifer, 1999-2004: U.S. Geological Survey Professional Paper 1749, 136 p.

Texas Tech University, 2007, Ogallala Aquifer Maps and Data, Center for Geospatial Technology: accessed on June 25, 2008 at http://www.gis.ttu.edu/OgallalaAquiferMaps/Default.aspx

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