Description
The Gulf Coast aquifer extends from the northeastern Texas-Louisiana Border to the south border of Texas with Mexico. What else does water have to do with the population pressure and change in climate? Evaporation increases as a result of heat increases, part of the greenhouse effect (IPCC). These issues are “local in [its] specifics, yet global in [its] relevance.”
Total groundwater withdrawals for each county in 2010, in millions of gallons per day
Related Data
- Data from agencies such as NOAA and USGS used to determine the fluctuations of salinity in groundwater suggest that salinity is increasing. This may be due to the rate of groundwater withdrawal and sea level rise.
- Learn about your watershed: http://www.galvbaygrade.org/findyourwatershed/
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Put together a “Drifter”, designed by NASA, to understand your local waterways:
http://eol.jsc.nasa.gov/ESRS/Regional_Remote_Sensing/
Drifter Project at the Armand Bayou
External Resources
- Watertoolbox.us:
http://watertoolbox.us/intro/f?p=689:1
Most recent release of downscaled CMIP5 projections for temperature and precipitation, extends out to 2100 - U.S. Drought Monitor (Texas):
http://droughtmonitor.unl.edu/Home/StateDroughtMonitor.aspx?TX
Useful site to assess drought conditions, and includes links to drought planning resources - Climate Ready Water Utilities Toolbox:
http://www.epa.gov/safewater/watersecurity/climate/toolbox.html
EPA site providing access to climate-related information relevant to the water sector
Reference
- Anderson, F. and Al-Thani, N. (2016) Effect of Sea Level Rise and Groundwater Withdrawal on Seawater Intrusion in the Gulf Coast Aquifer: Implications for Agriculture. Journal of Geoscience and Environment Protection, 4, 116-124. doi: 10.4236/gep.2016.44015. http://file.scirp.org/pdf/GEP_2016042815190220.pdf