Eighty years of cooperative water science

Abstract

1920s: Local well field developed and USGS streamgage installed. 1930–50s: USGS water-level monitoring and city of Wichita well field developed. 1960–80s: Cheney Reservoir constructed; Groundwater Management District 2 formed; Burrton Intensive Groundwater Use Control Area established. 1990s–2017+: The 1990s and 2011–13 drought emphasized aquifer replenishment need; USGS waterquality monitoring and interpretation for Demonstration Project (1995–2002); Phase I (2007); Phase II (2013–2017+); new USGS groundwater model constructed (2014).