Historical Perspective of Surface Water and Groundwater Resources in the Chihuahuan Desert Network, National Park Service
Porter SD, Barker RA, Slade RM, Longley G. 2009. Historical Perspective of Surface Water and Groundwater Resources in the Chihuahuan Desert Network, National Park Service. Edwards Aquifer Research & Data Center, Texas State University. San Marcos, TX
As part of a cooperative agreement between the CHDN and the Edwards Aquifer Research and Data Center (H1200050003), Texas State University (EARDC), surface and ground-water data were retrieved from government data bases and published literature, compiled into relational data bases, and analyzed relative to the condition of the water resource and potential changes in water quality and (or) quantity over time. Sufficient data were available to address surface-water quantity, surface-water quality, and macroinvertebrate communities in certain aquatic systems, whereas analyses of ground-water resources were limited to water quantity issues. Long-term surface-water records were limited to sites upstream and along the Rio Grande Wild and Scenic River segment; however, limited water-quality and macroinvertebrate results were available for streams in most of the parks. This report, the first of two reports scheduled in the cooperative agreement, provides results from trend analyses of available data that address four of CHDN’s vital signs: surface-water quantity/hydrology, surface-water quality, invertebrates in aquatic systems, and ground-water quantity/hydrology.
- Type
- Unpublished Report
- Authors
- Porter, Stephen; Barker, Rene; Slade, Raymond; Longley, Glenn
- Date of Issue
- 2009-01
- Publisher
- Edwards Aquifer Research & Data Center, Texas State University
- Units
- AMIS , BIBE , CAVE , CHDN , FODA , GUMO , RIGR , WHSA
- Keywords
- Aquatic Studies, Groundwater, Surface Water, Water Quality, Water Quantity