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Water-Resources Data for the Devils Hole Area, Nye County, Nevada, July 1978 – September 1988

Craig L. Westenburg | July 1st, 1993


Data on water levels, spring discharge, and consumption of electric power by irrigation pumps collected at Devils Hole and vicinity from July 1978 through September 1988 are reported herein. These data were collected to document the effects of irrigation pumping on the pool level at Devils Hole and the recovery following cessation of irrigation pumping in August 1982. The pool contains the endangered species of pupfish, Cyprinodon diabolis. Data on fluctuations in water level and springflow are presented in graphic form. Data on consumption of electric power by pumps in irrigation wells, useful as an index of the pumpage, are presented in tabular form.

Keywords

ecosystem management, endangered species, Great Basin Aquifer, Groundwater Exchange, groundwater pumping impacts