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3.4.2 Transfers of Overlying Rights for Service by an Appropriator ..................... 3-8
3.4.3 Allocation of Unused Overlying Water ......................................................... 3-8
3.5 Storage Accounting ........................................................................................ 3-9
3.5.1 Annual Storage Consolidation ..................................................................... 3-9

3.6 Changes in Groundwater Levels in the Beaumont Basin ............................. 3-10
3.6.1 Analysis of Groundwater Level Changes .................................................. 3-10
3.6.2 Analysis of Change in Groundwater Storage ............................................ 3-10
3.7 Operating Safe Yield .................................................................................... 3-11
3.8 Recommendations ....................................................................................... 3-13

Section 4 Water Quality Conditions ....................................... 4-1
4.1 Comparison with Management Zone Objectives ............................................ 4-1
4.1.1 Total Dissolved Solids ................................................................................... 4-1
4.1.2 Nitrate-Nitrogen ............................................................................................. 4-2
4.1.3 Nitrate Studies in the Beaumont Management Zone ...................................... 4-2
4.2 Comparison with Federal and State Drinking Water Standards ..................... 4-5
4.2.1 Trace Metals .................................................................................................. 4-6
4.2.3 pH ................................................................................................................ 4-8
4.2.4 Turbidity ........................................................................................................ 4-8

Section 5 Land Subsidence ................................................... 5-1

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