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Abstract: Identifying Underutilized Ground Previous HitWaterNext Hit Resources in the Coastal Bend Region of Texas

DODSON, KAREN
Texas Natural Resource Conservation Commission, Corpus Christi, TX

Previous HitWaterNext Hit supply planning in the twelve-county "Coastal Bend" region of Texas has focused on surface Previous HitwaterNext Hit sources, especially, the Choke Canyon/Lake Corpus Christi reservoir system operated by the City of Corpus Christi. Long term growth in Previous HitwaterNext Hit demand in the Coastal Bend region will require the development of additional dependable Previous HitwaterNext Hit supplies. Previous HitWaterNext Hit from Lake Texana in Jackson County, northeast of the Coastal Bend region, will be conveyed to the Corpus Christi regional Previous HitwaterNext Hit supply system via the Texana Pipeline. This pipeline bisects Refugio County, creating opportunities for integrating ground Previous HitwaterNext Hit resources in the Gulf Coast aquifer under Refugio County into the regional Previous HitwaterNext Hit supply system.

This study uses a numerical ground Previous HitwaterNext Hit model, MODFLOW (McDonald and Harbaugh, 1988) to simulate the effects of ground Previous HitwaterNext Hit withdrawals on aquifer conditions in Refugio County. Model results show that at least 30,000 acre-ft per year of ground Previous HitwaterNext Hit could be withdrawn from the Lissie/Goliad Sand in Refugio County without causing serious Previous HitwaterNext Hit quality problems or excessive drawdown. This amount of ground Previous HitwaterNext Hit is on the order of ten times greater than the predicted longterm Previous HitwaterTop demands in Refugio County.

AAPG Search and Discovery Article #90932©1998 GCAGS/GCS-SEPM Meeting, Corpus Christi, Texas