The USGS Oklahoma-Texas Water Science Center, in cooperation with the Clearwater Underground Water Conservation District and Bell County Adaptive Management Coalition, is evaluating the hydrogeology and water quality of the surface water and groundwater resources in Bell County. The results provide regional water managers, who are responsible for regulation of water use and drought management strategies, with a more comprehensive understanding of their local streams and aquifers.
Collected water quality samples from:
Installed low-flow streamflow gage on Salado Creek
Collected paired water-quality samples during baseflow conditions and after light rain from:
Collected additional unpaired water-quality sample from Big Boiling Spring
Streamflow gage on Salado Creek expanded to full-range
Collected paired water-quality samples under varying hydrologic conditions from:
Streamflow gage operation & maintenance
Collected water- quality samples from:
Collected paired water-quality samples from:
Geophysical borehole logging of 1 well in the lower Trinity aquifer
Streamflow gage operation & maintenance
Resampled the same 6 springs where water- quality samples were collected in 2012 but at a higher baseflow level
Streamflow gage operation & maintenance
Geophysical borehole logging of 5 wells:
Streamflow gage operation & maintenance
Geophysical borehole logging
Analysis of 20 archived samples collected by Baylor University and the Clearwater Underground Conservation District for nitrate and (or) nitrate isotopes
Collected water-quality samples from Salado Creek for
Streamflow gage operation & maintenance
Geophysical borehole logging of 3 wells:
Streamflow gage operation & maintenance
Collected water- quality samples in June and August from three wells in the middle Trinity aquifer.