WSP01088

• File Number: 8112.600
• Description: Arkansas White Red Basins Interagency Committee - AWRBIAC -- Reports
• Basin: Arkansas
• Water Division: 2
• Date: 6/1/1977
• Title: Specific Problem Analysis Summary Report - 1975 National Assessment of Water and Related Land Resources - Part 2 of 2
• Water Supply Pro - Doc Type: Report/Study

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4. Headcutting and sheet erosion destroy range and crop-
land, adds sediment to the streams snd affects crop
production and livestock grazing capabilities.

5. A study by the U.S. Bureau of Outdoor Recreation in-
dicates large deficiencies in surface-water supplies
required for projected recreation demands in the AWR
Basin.

If these problems are not aolved in the 1975-85 period,
they will continue during the period 1985-2000.

Problem Area No. 2, Hi~h Plains Groundwater Irrigation, ASA
1105. During Activity 2 it was noted that in most areas where ground~
~r supplies are used for irrigation and for other purposes, the
groundwater is being mined and groundwater levels are being lowered.
There are five general areas in ASA 1105 where groundwater supplies
are used extensively for irrigation purposes; these areas are shown
on map st the end of "Problem Lists."

Except for the House area, located in the southwest corner
of Quay County, groundwater in storage is probably sufficient to
last through the period considered herein (1975-2000) and allow
for some expansion in irrigated acreage in other areas. In the
House area groundwater mining has lowered water levels as much as
40 feet in part of the area and pumping for irrigation is becoming
uneconomical. In this area about 3,000 acres are estimated to go
out of production by 2000. Elsewhere because of dwindling ground-
water supplies, irrigated lands will be reduced commencing shortly
after the year 2000.

Groundwater supplies used for irrigation in the areas of
Problem No. 2 are furnished from multiple-aquifer sources which in-
clude the Ogallala, Dakota, and Morrison Formations. In 1973 about
550 irrigation wells had been drilled in these areas. The average
static water level is about 200 feet and yields range from about
250 to 1,800 gallons per minute (gpm). The average yield is about
800 gpm.

At the present time none of the areas are located within declared
underground water basins.

The following tabulation shows acreage irrigated from ground-
water supplies in 1975 and the withdrawals and depletions from this
source.

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