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Water-level changes in the Ogallala aquifer, northwestern Oklahoma.

J.S. Havens
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The Ogallala aquifer, that part of the High Plains aquifer in Oklahoma, is part of a regional aquifer system that underlies parts of Colorado, Kansas, Nebraska, New Mexico, Oklahoma, South Dakota, Texas, and Wyoming. In 1978 the US Geological Survey began a 5- year study of the High Plains regional aquifer system to provide hydrologic information for evaluation of the effects of long-term development of the aquifer and to develop a capability for predicting aquifer response to various ground-water-management alternatives (Weeks, 1978). -from Author

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J.S. Havens. 1985. Water-level changes in the Ogallala aquifer, northwestern Oklahoma.. https://pubs.usgs.gov/publication/70012263

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