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olids concentrations
ranging from less than 300 milligrams per liter (mgll) to more than
5,000 mgll (Figure 10). Th
and Huffington, 1953). Water saturated alluvial fill in these
troughse quality o
Water from the aquifer is generally hard to very hard (more than 120
mgll carbonate hardness) and contains dissolved-seloped along the east.ern margi
n of the Delaware
Basin, anf water stored in the alluvial
depositsuring the Cenozoic Era, a thick sequence of alluvial deposits
accumulated in two large slumpage depressions (Figures 2, 3, and 5).
These depressions are herein referred to as the Monument Draw
Trough, which devis classified as the Cenozoic Pecos Alluvium.
Water from the aquifer is generally hard to very hard (more than 120
mgll carbonate hardness) and contains dissolved-solids concentrations
rao the voids
in both troughs normally deteriorates with depth. Sulfate and
chloride are the two most prominent constituents (Figures 11 and 12).
The degree of change in qualinging from less than 300 milligrams per liter (mgll
) to more than
5,000 mgll (Figure 10). Th
(Maley is classified as the Cenozoic Pecos Alluvium. is classified as the Cenoz
oic Pecos Alluvium.
Water from the aquifer is generally hard to very hard (more than 120
mgll carbonate hardness) and contains dissolved-solids concentrations
ranging from less than 300 milligrams per liter (mgll) to more than
5,000 mgll (Figure 10). Thd the Pecos Trough, which occupies the south-central p
art of
the Basin. The troughs were formed by dissolution and removal of
evaporites in the underlying Ochoan Series, which resulted in the
collapse of the Rustler Formation and younger rocks intty and its effect on wate
r use is further
discussed in the report section titled "Ground-Water ProblemslWaterQuality Deterioration".
Figure 10 shows that most of the Monument Draw Trough contains
fresh
water (less than 1,000 mg/l), with higher concentrations of

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