Data for timescales of water-quality change in a karst aquifer, south-central Texas

Publication Date

2019-09-12

Start Date

2013-11-12

End Date

2017-12-19

Musgrove, M., Solder, J.E., Opsahl, S.P., and Wilson, J.T., 2019, Data for timescales of water-quality change in a karst aquifer, south-central Texas: U.S. Geological Survey data release, https://doi.org/10.5066/P9247J56.

Type: Related Primary Publication

Data were collected from three primary groundwater wells during 2013-2017 as one component of the National Water-Quality Assessment project’s Enhanced Trends Network (ETN) study. ETN samples for dissolved gases and environmental tracers were collected from three wells that withdraw water from the Edwards (Balcones Fault Zone) aquifer in central Texas (referred to herein by its common name [the Edwards aquifer]). Ancillary tritium (3H) data obtained from three additional wells completed in the Edwards aquifer were also considered. Data are used to understand the age and vulnerability of the aquifer to natural and anthropogenic contaminants. For more information about the data collection and interpretation of dissolved gases and groundwater age, please read the process steps provided in this metadata (xml) file and in the journal article associated with this data release and citations therein.

• National Water-Quality Assessment Project
• USGS Data Release Products