PREFACE


   We would like to express special appreciation to Judge Ira A. Hutchison who through his interest in water resources and in particular the geology of this area has been most helpful. Claude I-Ecks has volunteered invaluable assistance in the collection of water-level information in the Deadening lakes area.
   We would like to thank the numerous citizens in the basin who gave us access to their wells and who furnished us with information on their water supplies.