ISSUES IN GROUNDWATER MANAGEMENT

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1 ISSUES IN GROUNDWATER MANAGEMENT edited by Ernest T. Smerdon and Wayne R. Jordan Water Resources Symposium Number Twelve sponsored by Center for Research in Water Resources Bureau of Engineering Research College of Engineering The University of at Austin Water Resources Institute Agricultural Experiment Station A&M University System published by Center for Research in Water Resources

2 Table of Contents Foreword v REFLECTIONS ON THE PAST AND THE FUTURE CHALLENGE Groundwater The Changing Problem in Charles E. Nemir Executive Director Department of Water Resources Connections Between Groundwater and Economic Growth Victor L. Arnold Director of Business Research and Associate Dean for Research College of Business/Graduate School of Business The University of at Austin REGIONAL GROUNDWATER ISSUES The Ogallala Aquifer Facts and Fallacies 23 -Tommy Knowles Director Data and Engineering Services Division Department of Water Resources Enhanced Recovery of Groundwater from the Unsaturated Zone The Ogallala Case 33 -Donald L. Reddell Professor of Agricultural Engineering Agricultural Experiment Station A&M University -A. Wayne Wyatt Manager High Plains Underground Water Conservation District No. 2 Lubbock, -Bill J. Claborn Associate Professor of Civil Engineering Tech University Lubbock, vii

3 Regional Hydrogeology of the Edwards Aquifer South Central 53 -Weldon W. Hammond, Jr. Assistant Professor of Geological Sciences The University of at San Antonio Gulf Coast Regional Aquifer-System Analysis Overview 69 -Hayes F. Grubb Project Chief U.S. Austin, Geological Survey Some Issues in Interstate Water Transfer The El Paso Case 93 -Pete Schenkkan -Lee Wilson Partner Lee Wilson & Associates Vinson & Elkins Santa Fe, New Mexico Potential for Utilization of Brackish Groundwater 111 -J. D. Beffort Geologist Planning and Development Division Department Austin, of Water Resources Some Challenges and Opportunities in Groundwater Management. -Jean 0. Williams Private Consultant Wimberly, 127 POLICIES, LAWS, AND INSTITUTIONS SEARCHING FOR SOLUTIONS Emerging Legal Challenges for Groundwater Management... -Frank F. Skillern Professor of Law Tech University 137 Lessons from the Rest of the West A Survey of Groundwater Management in California, Colorado, New Mexico, and Nebraska A. Dan Tar lock Professor of Law Illinois Institute of Technology viii

4 The Development of the New Arizona Groundwater Code.. -Kathleen Ferris Chief Counsel Arizona Department of Water Resources..175 Conjunctive Management of Ground and Surface Water New Mexico Case Law and Policy Issues 197 -Charles T. DuMars Professor of Law University of New Mexico A Legislative Perspective on Groundwater Constraints and Possibilities 219 -Steve Stagner Administrative Assistant Office of the Lt. Governor State of Harris-Galveston Coastal Subsidence District A Report on its Creation, Powers, Limitations of Powers, and Progress 225 -Rick Callaway Attorney Butler and Binion Houston, The Edwards Underground Water District 237 -Mary Q. Kelly Attorney Fulbright & Jaworski San Antonio, Additional Legislative Powers Needed by Underground Water Conservation Districts in the Ogallala Area 243 -Don Graf Attorney McClesky, Harriger, Brazlll, and Graf Lubbock, GROUNDWATER MANAGEMENT AND CONSERVATION Demographic and Social Dimensions of Groundwater Use and Management 249 -Steve H. Murdock -Rita R. Hamm -Don E. Albrecht Department Head Research Associate Research Scientist Department of Rural Sociology Agricultural Experiment Station A&M University ix

5 Economic Implications of Changing Groundwater Use Patterns Ronald D. Lacewell -John R. Ellis -Ronald C. Griffin Professor Research Associate Asst. Professor Department of Agricultural A&M University Economics Research Contributions to Water Conservation Technologies William M. Lyle -Edward A. Hiler Professor Professor and Head Agricultural Department of Agricultural Experiment Station Engineering Lubbock, College Station, Large-Scale Optimization Models for Groundwater Management Larry W. Mays -Nisai Wanakule -Leon Lasdon Associate Professor Research Associate Professor Department of Department of Department of Civil Engineering Civil Engineering General Business The University of The University of The University of at Austin at Austin at Austin Renovating Wastewater with Groundwater Recharge in the Phoenix Area 331 -Herman Bouwer Director U.S. Department of Agriculture Water Conservation Laboratory Phoenix, Arizona Benefits of Adoption of Conservation Management Practices. 3*)7 -A. Wayne Wyatt General Manager High Plains Underground Water Conservation District No. 1 Lubbock, QOALITI IMPAIRMENT: MGHITORING, AHALYSIS, AMD COffTHOL U.S. Department of Energy High-Level luclear Waste Repository Program Groundwater Concerns in 353 -Steve Frishman Director Nuclear Waste Program Office Office of the Governor State of x

6 Impacts of Lignite Mining on Groundwater in 361 -Graham E. Fogg -Randall J. Charbeneau Senior Research Scientist Associate Professor Bureau of Economic Geology Department of Civil Engineering The University of The University of at Austin at Austin Groundwater Impacts on Solution Mining 379 -Joseph L. Peters -Randall J. Charbeneau Hydrologist Associate Professor Department of Department of Civil Engineering Water Resources The University of at Austin Potential Groundwater Implications of Land Disposal of Toxic Substances 387 -K. W. Brown -David E. Daniel Professor Assistant Professor Department of Soil Geotechnical Engineering and Crop Science Department of Civil Engineering A&M University The University of at Austin Deep Well Injection of Industrial Hazardous Waste in 403 -William B. Klemt Chief Underground Injection Control Department of Water Resources Utilization of Salt Domes for Chemical-Waste Disposal S. J. Seni -C. W. Kreitler Research Associate Research Scientist -W. F. Mullican III -H. S. Hamlin Research Associate Research Associate Bureau of Economic Geology The University of at Austin Groundwater Monitoring, Control, and Analysis 461 -Robert Kent -Dave McMurtry -Mike Bentley Vice President Engineer Hydrogeologist Underground Resource Management, Inc. xi

7 EPA's Groundwater Protection Strategy 489 -Erlece P. Allen Geologist U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Region VI Dallas, Appendix A: System International and other Conversions Used in this Book 497 xii