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Memoir 215

The Edwards Aquifer: The Past, Present,

and Future of a Vital Water Resource

Edited by John M. Sharp Jr.,
Member Price Ronald T. Green, and Geary M. Schindel
$60.00

The Edwards Aquifer: The Past, Present,
and Future of a Vital Water Resource
Edited by John M. Sharp Jr., Ronald T. Green, The Edwards aquifer system is one of the great
and Geary M. Schindel
karstic aquifer systems of the world. It supplies
water for more than 2 million people and for agri-
cultural, municipal, industrial, and recreational
uses. The Edwards (Balcones Fault Zone) Aquifer
in the San Antonio, Texas, area was the fi rst to be
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designated a sole source aquifer by the Environ-
mental Protection Agency in 1975. The Edwards
Aquifer also hosts unique groundwater, cave, and
spring ecosystems. This 27-chapter memoir re-
views the current state of knowledge, current and
emerging challenges to wise use of the aquifer
system, and some of the technologies that must be
adopted to address these challenges.

MWR215, 312 p., ISBN 9780813712154
list price $86.00, member price $60.00

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