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New 01/26/2012   Water Board tests for stress on aquifer
Despite a few technical skips and bumps in the road, the Union County Water Conservation Board began on Tuesday the third aquifer stress test in the last century in an effort to determine how well the Sparta Aquifer responds to the stress of continuous pumping.
Allison Gatlin, El Dorado News-Times
11/30/2011   Illinois River Basin biology study
Last summer, the US Geological Survey began an ambitious biological sampling of the Illinois River in Washington and Benton Counties. We provide a progress report.
Jacqueline Froelich, KUAF radio Ozarks at Large
04/25/2011
USGS crews measure flooding in Arkansas
Heavy rainfall of more than 8 inches in northwestern Arkansas has caused substantial flooding in (parts of the White River and Arkansas River Basins).
Lindsey Tugman, Todays THV 11
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