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3.4.2 Transfers of Overlying Rights for Service by an Appropriator ..................... 3-9
3.4.3 Allocation of Unused Overlying Water ....................................................... 3-10
3.5 Storage Accounting ...................................................................................... 3-10
3.5.1 Annual Storage Consolidation ................................................................... 3-11

3.6 Changes in Groundwater Levels in the Beaumont Basin ............................. 3-12
3.6.1 Analysis of Groundwater Level Changes .................................................. 3-12
3.6.2 Analysis of Change in Groundwater Storage ............................................ 3-12
3.7 Operating Safe Yield .................................................................................... 3-13
3.8 Recommendations ....................................................................................... 3-15

Section 4 Water Quality Conditions ....................................... 4-1
4.1 Comparison with Management Zone Objectives ............................................ 4-1
4.1.1 Total Dissolved Solids ................................................................................... 4-2
4.1.2 Nitrate-Nitrogen ............................................................................................. 4-3
4.1.3 Nitrate Studies in the Beaumont Management Zone ...................................... 4-4
4.2 Comparison with Federal and State Drinking Water Standards ..................... 4-8
4.2.1 Nitrate and Total Dissolved Solids (TDS) ............................................................ 4-8
4.2.2 Trace Metals .................................................................................................. 4-9
4.2.3 Organic Compounds .......................................................................................... 4-11
4.2.4 pH .............................................................................................................. 4-11
4.2.5 Turbidity ...................................................................................................... 4-11

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

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