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  2. Edwards Aquifer - Wikipedia

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    Edwards and Trinity Aquifers map. The Edwards Aquifer is one of the most prolific artesian aquifers in the world. [2] Located on the eastern edge of the Edwards Plateau in the U.S. state of Texas, it is the source of drinking water for two million people, and is the primary water supply for agriculture and industry in the aquifer's region.

  3. List of artesian wells in the United States - Wikipedia

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    Olympia Brewery, Olympia, Washington (see Olympia Brewing Company#Use of artesian water) Polk Theater well, Lakeland, Florida; possibly used in the loop of the first air conditioning system in America; Pryor Avenue Iron Well, Milwaukee, Wisconsin; Southwestern Lunatic Asylum–Hot Wells, San Antonio, Texas; Sulphur Springs, Tampa, Florida

  4. List of Superfund sites in Texas - Wikipedia

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    This is a list of Superfund sites in Texas designated under the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA) environmental law. The CERCLA federal law of 1980 authorized the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to create a list of polluted locations requiring a long-term response to clean up ...

  5. Will Texas run out of groundwater? Experts explain how ... - AOL

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    A non-exempt well is a well capable of producing more than 17.36 gallons per minute, and must submit semi-annual water well production reports to the District at a rate of $0.155 per 1,000 gallons.

  6. Lake Bridgeport (Texas) - Wikipedia

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    Lake Bridgeport, also known as Bridgeport Lake, is a man-made, freshwater reservoir located in Wise and Jack Counties in North Texas.The lake was created by damming the West Fork of the Trinity River and sits upstream from Eagle Mountain Lake.

  7. Drinking water quality in the United States - Wikipedia

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    The Safe Drinking Water Act requires the US EPA to set standards for drinking water quality in public water systems (entities that provide water for human consumption to at least 25 people for at least 60 days a year). [3] Enforcement of the standards is mostly carried out by state health agencies. [4]

  8. Texas to accept water from Mexico but demands it follow terms ...

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    Abbott instructed TCEQ to accept the water after the International Boundary and Water Commission announced U.S. and Mexican authorities signed an agreement on Nov. 7 to ensure Mexico made regular ...

  9. Area codes 305, 786, and 645 - Wikipedia

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    In mitigation, area code 786 was installed as an overlay on March 1, 1998. [6] [7] [8] The overlay numbering plan area originally comprised only Miami-Dade County, although it was clear the remainder of area code 305 would eventually be overlaid with area code 786. [8] [9] Monroe County was added to area code 786 on September 1, 2001. [10] [11]