resources

Note that this is a work in progress!

“So Secret, Occult, and Concealed: An Overview of Groundwater Management in Texas”

• climate
  • average annual rainfall, temperature, and gross lake evaporation
• data
  • water well data viewer (TWDB)
  • water well report viewer (TCEQ)
  • real-time groundwater levels (TWDB)
  • texas water dashboard (USGS)
    • non-USGS data
  • water use survey
    • historical groundwater use
  • USGS data mapper
  • IBWC water data
  • The Nature Conservancy’s Texas Water Explorer
  • databasin.org
• definitions
  • Oxford dictionary (includes word history)
  • Roger’s “Profanisaurus”
  • Barnhart Concise Dictionary of Etymology
• desired future conditions
  • TWDB’s desired future conditions page
  • petitions
• elevations
  • freemaptools
• geography
  • physiographic map of Texas
• geology
  • GAT sheets
  • where was Texas?
• groundwater availability models
• groundwater conservation districts
  • TWDB’s page and index
  • GCD index (TAGD)
• groundwater management areas
• history
  • antique maps
  • david rumsey map collection
  • portal to texas history
  • texas handbook online
  • texas historic sites atlas
  • Library of Congress
• jobs
  • Texas Alliance of Groundwater Districts
• law
  • administrative code
    • texas commission on environmental quality
    • texas water development board
  • statutes
    • Chapter 35 Groundwater Studies
    • Chapter 36 Groundwater Conservation Districts
    • Chapter 52 Underground Water Conservation Districts
• legislature
  • legislative reference library
    • house and senate journals
    • legislative archives
    • texas water law timeline
    • water resources research guide
  • texas legislature online
•  maps
  • general TWDB map page
    • major aquifers
      • 3D aquifer viewer
    • minor aquifers
    • groundwater management areas
      • with regional water planning areas
      • with major aquifers
      • with minor aquifers
    • groundwater conservation districts
      • with groundwater management areas
      • with regional water planning areas
      • with the kitchen sink
    • GIS data
    • geologic atlas of texas
  • physiographic provinces
  • different Texas GIS coverages
  • GLO map store (historic maps)
• modeling
  • PMwin (free MODFLOW interface)
• newspapers
  • newspapers.com (paid)
  • newspaperarchive.com (paid)
  • the portal to texas history (free)
  • elephind (free)
• organizations
  • national groundwater association
  • sierra club
  • texas alliance of groundwater districts (TAGD)
  • texas commission on environmental quality (TCEQ)
  • texas department of licensing and regulation
  • texas ground water association
  • texas groundwater protection committee
  • texas living waters project
  • texas water conservation association
  • texas water development board (TWDB)
  • texas water resources institute
  • texas water science center
  • texas well owner network
  • u.s. geological survey
• reports
  • aquifers of texas (TWDB)
  • state water plan (TWDB)
    • 2017 state water plan
      • interactive plan
    • past plans
  • TWDB bulletins
  • TWDB contract reports
  • TWDB historic groundwater reports
  • TWDB limited printing reports
  • TWDB numbered reports
  • TWDB reports
  • virtual landscapes of texas
  • HathiTrust (old state reports, etc.)
• research
  • google scholar
  • elicit (AI tool)
• priority groundwater management areas
• sanborn maps
• springs
  • GIS coverage via TPWD
  • Heitmuller and Reece report
    • dataset
• textbooks
  • Domenico (1972)
  • Freeze and Cherry (1979)
• topo sheets
  • Texas topographic maps
  • historic topo maps
  • USGS placenames
  • TopoView
• topography
  • The National Map
• trail
  • El Camino Real