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VOL II PHOTOS CREDITS FINAL 113006.Indd Photo Citations for the 2007 State Water Plan, Volume II Photographs courtesy of: Cover Front Cover Jay A. Raney, Rio Grande in Big Bend National Park Back Cover Jay A. Raney, McKinney Falls (top left); Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT), El Paso (top right); Jay A. Raney, Fall Creek falls (right, second from top); TWDB, Angelina Water Supply Corporation water tower (left middle); Jay A. Raney, cracked earth (center); Robert Mace, windmill (right, third from top); John T. Ames, boats at low water level (bottom left); TxDOT, Houston (bottom right) Table of Contents Page iv Texas Water Resources Institute, Pecos River Page v Allan Cobb, Devil’s Sinkhole Page vii Joel L. Lardon, Medina River (bottom left and right) Page ix TWDB, Mansfield Dam at Lake Travis (bottom left); Nick Starche, water storage tank (second from left); TWDB, transmission line (second from right); Debbie Evins, Hill Country spring (bottom right) Page x Natural Resources Conservation Service, livestock and watering tank (bottom left); TxDOT, Lake Buchanan (bottom middle); Texas State University, Deep Hole Springs (bottom right) Page xii Joel L. Lardon, Medina River Chapter 1 Page 1 TxDOT, Balmorhea State Park Page 3 Robert Flores, Upper Guadalupe River in Kerr County Page 4 Mike Parcher, Bull Creek in Travis County Page 5 TxDOT, flag over Texas state capitol (left); C. E. Williams, Panhandle (A) Regional Water Planning Group meeting (right top); Haskell Simon, Lower Colorado (K) Regional Water Planning Group meeting (right, second picture down); Temple McKinnon, Llano Estacado (O) Regional Water Planning Group meeting (right, third picture down); Haskell Simon, Lower Colorado (K) Regional Water Planning Group meeting (right, fourth picture down); Temple McKinnon, Llano Estacado (O) Regional Water Planning Group meeting (right, bottom) Page 6 Texas State University, Deep Hole Springs Page 7 TxDOT, sunset near Atlanta, Texas (top); Jon E. Brandt, water tower at Gruene (bottom) Page 8 Michael Parcher, Pedernales Falls in Blanco County Page 10 TxDOT, rope swing at Krause Springs Photo Citations for the 2007 State Water Plan, Volume II 387 Chapter 2 Page 11 TxDOT, Balmorhea State Park Chapter 3 Page 109 TxDOT, cypress trees on the Guadalupe River Page 110 U. S. Geological Survey, city of Wharton flooding, 1935 (top); Lower Colorado River Authority (LCRA), Colorado River flooding Congress Avenue, 1933 (bottom); El Paso Water Utilities, trenching a water line in Canutillo, 1935 (right) Page 111 Library of Congress, Texas drought refugees in cotton camp near Exeter, California, 1936 (top); migrant agricultural labor family (second from top); three brothers, drought refugees from Texas, 1935 (third from top); wagon tracks down the dry bed of the Colorado River at Colorado, Texas (bottom) Page 112 TxDOT, farmer plowing (top), and Falcon Reservoir dam (bottom) Page 113 LCRA, flooding over the Austin Dam, 1935 (top); TxDOT, car crossing a flooded stream (middle); LCRA, Colorado River flooding Congress Avenue bridge, 1935 (bottom) Page 114 TxDOT, windmill Page 115 TxDOT, irrigating crops (top); LCRA, turbine construction, 1950 Page 116 TxDOT, Concho River (top), Nacogdoches River (bottom right), and Sam Rayburn Reservoir (bottom left) Page 118 TxDOT, Medina River Chapter 4 Page 119 TxDOT, water in Real County Page 120 U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), cotton harvest Page 123 Sean Nance, researcher testing for carbon dioxide at industrial plant Page 124 TxDOT, Houston Page 125 John T. Ames, boats at low water level (top); TxDOT, Buchanan Dam (bottom) Page 126 TxDOT, Balmorhea irrigation gate Page 127 Natural Resources Conservation Service, livestock and watering tank Chapter 5 Page 129 TxDOT, dark sky Page 130 TxDOT, clouds off Padre Island Page 131 TWDB, Pedernales River Page 133 TxDOT, rain on IH 10 in West Texas Page 136 Ray Matthews, Caddo Lake (top); TxDOT, windmill at sunset (middle right), rain clouds near Llano (bottom), and lightning (middle left) 388 Water for Texas 2007 Chapter 6 Page 137 TxDOT, Lake Texoma Page 138 TxDOT, Lake Amistad and Rio Grande River Page 139 TxDOT, horses Page 140 Jon E. Brandt, Guadalupe River Page 141 TxDOT, South Llano River Page 142 TxDOT, aerial view of Toledo Bend dam and spillway Page 159 Cynthia Gorham, Matagorda Bay Page 160 TxDOT, Toledo Bend Reservoir (top) and Lake Conroe and Sam Houston National Forest (bottom) Page 161 Jay A. Raney, shrimp boats in Aransas Pass (top); TxDOT, cranes (bottom) Page 163 Texas Water Resources Institute (TWRI), Pecos River (left); Texas Parks and Wildlife Department, Martin Creek Lake State Park (center); Bill Mullican, kids on river (right) Page 164 TxDOT, Lake Whitney Page 165 Barney Austin, kids at Hamilton Pool Page 166 TWRI, Medina River Page 167 Sabine River Authority, Toledo Bend Reservoir Page 170 TxDOT, Sabinal River Page 171 Geary Schindel, Rio Grande Page 173 TxDOT, white cliffs on Lake Amistad (bottom left) and lake near Atlanta, Texas (bottom right) Page 174 Jay A. Raney, Colorado River delta (top); TxDOT, Nueces River in Uvalde County (bottom right) and South Padre Island (bottom left) Chapter 7 Page 175 TxDOT, Hill Country spring Page 178 John Ashworth, Ellebracht Spring (top); Joel L. Lardon, area around Medina Lake (bottom) Page 180 Robert Mace, windmill museum in Lubbock Page 181 John T. Ames, cattle Page 183 Joel L. Lardon, water over rocks Page 184 Texas Natural Resources Information Service, irrigation satellite imagery Page 187 Debbie Evins, Hill Country spring Page 222 Debbie Evins, Hill Country spring Page 225 Geary Schindel, Seco Creek sinkhole during a flood Page 226 Allan Cobb, Devil’s Sinkhole Photo Citations for the 2007 State Water Plan, Volume II 389 Page 231 Allan Cobb, researcher in Devil’s Sinkhole Page 234 Robert Mace, Hill Country spring Page 236 Charles Kerans, rock cliff over water Page 238 Joel L. Lardon, Medina River (top); Steve Bryant, desert spring in Big Bend National Park (bottom right); Geary Schindel, Seco Creek sinkhole during a flood (bottom left) Chapter 8 Page 239 TxDOT, Balmorhea State Park wetlands Page 240 El Paso Water Utilities (EPWU), reclaimed water sprinkler Page 241 Tarrant Regional Water District (TRWD), wetland reuse project Page 242 TWDB, wastewater treatment tank (top right); TRWD, wetland reuse project (middle right); TWDB, wastewater treatment tank (bottom right); EPWU, reclaimed water valve cover (bottom left) Page 243 Trinity River Authority, Central Wastewater Treatment Plant Page 244 TRWD, wetland reuse project (all pictures) Chapter 9 Page 245 TxDOT, Balmorhea State Park Page 246 TxDOT, citrus being transported Page 247 TxDOT, cattle Page 248 TWDB, Rio Grande Page 250 USDA Agricultural Research Service (USDA-ARS), rice fields Page 252 TxDOT, Dallas skyline Page 254 USDA-ARS, aerial photograph of agricultural irrigation (top left); TxDOT, combine harvesting oats (top middle); USDA, harvesting of wheat (top right); TxDOT, city of Junction (middle right) and dry sorghum field (middle); USDA, irrigation (middle right); TxDOT, San Antonio (bottom) Chapter 10 Page 255 TxDOT, Lake Somerville Page 256 Sabine River Authority (SRA), Toledo Bend Reservoir Page 257 Texas Water Resources Institute (TWRI), center pivot irrigation in Uvalde County Page 258 TxDOT, Lake Amistad (top); El Paso Water Utilities (EPWU), reclaimed water system (bottom) Page 259 Lower Colorado River Authority (LCRA), Brushy Creek Treatment Plant (top); TxDOT, Lake Texoma (bottom) Page 261 SRA, Sabine River 390 Water for Texas 2007 Page 262 Bill Mullican, Roaring Springs Page 264 TxDOT, Frio River in Real County (top) and Amistad Dam (bottom) Page 266 Tarrant Regional Water District, wetland reuse project Page 267 Robert Mace, rainwater collection tank Page 268 TxDOT, irrigation channel and corn field Page 269 TWRI, irrigated corn Page 271 TWRI, Rio Grande Page 272 Linda Fernandez, reverse-osmosis treatment equipment (top); TWDB, water tower (bottom) Page 275 Joel L. Lardon, Medina River Page 276 Neil Haman, irrigation pumping plant (top left); TWRI, rainwater harvesting (top right); EPWU, reclaimed water (middle left); Holly Weyant, bell mouth spillway (middle); SRA, Lake Fork Reservoir (middle right); NRS Consulting Engineers, Southmost Treatment Plant in Cameron County (bottom) Chapter 11 Page 277 TxDOT, Balmorhea at sunset Page 278 TWDB, transmission line (bottom left); Neil Haman, canal lining (middle right) Page 281 Nick Starche, water storage tank (both pictures) Page 282 Neil Haman, pumping plant (top left); Dave Mitamura, canal lining (top right); Nick Starche, processor (middle left); TWDB, transmission line (bottom left) Page 283 Nick Starche, treatment plant (top) and pipe construction (bottom) Page 285 Neil Haman, pumping plant (bottom left) and canal lining (bottom right) Page 286 LCRA, Brushy Creek Treatment Plant Page 287 Neil Haman, canal lining (middle right); TWDB, sequential batch reactor (bottom left) and spillway drop structure (bottom right) Page 288 Neil Haman, pumping plant (bottom left) and canal lining (bottom right) Page 289 Holly Weyant, North San Gabriel intake Page 290 Neil Haman, pumping plant (bottom left); TxDOT, Falcon Reservoir intake Chapter 12 Page 291 TxDOT, Balmorhea State Park Page 292 Jay A. Raney, McKinney Falls Page 293 TxDOT, unidentified river crossing road Page 294 Robert Flores, Rio Grande in Brewster County Page 295 Robert Mace, ALCOA Sandow power plant Page 297 Russel Pankratz, windmill (top); Jay A. Raney, Black Hole (bottom) Page 298 Lower Colorado River Authority (LCRA), Fayette Power Project on Lake Fayette
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