Ground-water study related to proposed expansion of potash mining near Carlsbad, New Mexico
By: by Geohydrology Associates, Inc. ; for Bureau of Land Management
Contributors: United States. Bureau of Land Management
Publisher: Geohydrology Associates, Inc.; U.S. Department of the Interior, Bureau of Land Management
Published: 1978
Place of publication: Albuquerque, N.M; Denver, Colo
Language: eng
Number of pages: 127
Subjects: Groundwater; Water quality management; Waste disposal; Potash mines and mining; Rural Land use; Public lands; Management; Environmental aspects; Refuse and refuse disposal; New Mexico
Other titles: Water-level contours in Nash Draw and Clayton Basin, Eddy County, New Mexico (map)
Description: "The Carlsbad potash area, in southeastern New Mexico, lies in a region of limited rainfall, no perennial streams, and ground water high in dissolved solids. Availability of fresh water for agricultural, industrial, and domestic use is of major importance in determining the uses of land. The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) is responsible for the administration of 80 percent of the 969,875 acres involved. In 1974, the BLM suspended action on potash leases and prospecting applications pending the preparation of an Environmental Analysis Record (EAR) ... After completion of the EAR, however, questions remained about the effect of the brine disposal by the potash industry on the limited quantities of fresh water in the area"--Page 1.
Notes: "June 1978."

"Contract no. YA-512-CT7-217."

One folded map (108 x 94 cm, folded to 25 x 20 cm) in back pocket, titled: Water-level contours in Nash Draw and Clayton Basin, Eddy County, New Mexico.

Includes bibliographical references (leaves 105-110).