Effects of irrigation on streamflow in the central sand plain of Wisconsin

-----------------'-------------IQ Introduction----------------------------^3 Purpose----------------------------13 Location of the area ----------------------^3 Previous investigations--------------------^3 Acknowledgments------------------------^5 Factors affecting hydrologic system -----------------^g Climate-----------------------------^5 Geology-physical and hydraulic properties of rocks------^g Consolidated rocks--------------------^g Crystalline rocks------------------^g Sandstone----------------------^g Bedrock topography--------------------^9 Unconsolidated deposits ------------------^9 Morainal deposits------------------20 Outwash-----------------------20 Glacial lake deposits----------------26 Peat and alluvium------------------28 Dune sand----------------------28 Topography ---------------------------28 Soils-----------------------------29 Land use and vegetative cover-----------------29 Water use---------------------------30 Irrigation------------------------32 History of irrigation----------------32 Present use----------------------32 Consumptive use-------------------35 Present and potential development----------35 Water-based recreation------------------35 Municipal, industrial, domestic, and stock uses ------37 Hydrologic system --------------------------3g Methods of analyzing the system----------------3g Water-budget method --------------------3g Water-balance method-------------------41 Area of hydrologic study --------------------43 Ground-water drainage area----------------44 Topographic drainage area -----------------44 Precipitation-------------------------45 Evapotransplration -----------------------45 Differences with type of vegetative cover ---------45 Differences between basin areas --------------47 Soil moisture-------------------------4g Ground water --------------------------52 Changes in storage--------------------52 Recharge-------------------------52 Dis-liarge -------------------------53 To streams ----------------------54 To evapotranspiration----------------54 To underflow ---------------------55

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