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Water Flow in the High Plains Aquifer in Northwestern Oklahoma
By Richard R. Luckey, Noel I. Osborn, Mark F. Becker and William J. Andrews
Abstract
The High Plains is a major agricultural area, supported primarily by
water from the High Plains aquifer, which is used to irrigate wheat and corn
and to raise cattle and swine. The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) and the
Oklahoma Water Resources Board (OWRB) began a study of the High Plains aquifer
in 1996. One purpose of the study was to develop a ground-water flow model
that the OWRB could use to allocate the amount of water withdrawn from
the a aquifer. The study area in Oklahoma covers all or parts of Beaver, Cimarron, Dewey, Ellis, Harper, Texas, and Woodward Counties. To provide appropriate hydrologic boundaries for the ground-water flow model, the study area was expanded to include parts of Colorado, Kansas, New Mexico, and Texas.
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