In Popular Culture
- The aquifer figures prominently in the novel That Old Ace in the Hole (2002) by E. Annie Proulx.
- It forms part of the historical background of the plot of the Canadian television mini-series H2O.
- Featured in the final chapter, "Power and Change", of James A. Michener's novel Texas (1985).
- Figures in a plot for world domination in the Amazing Spider-Man comic book made by Marvel Comics.
- Near-total depletion of the aquifer figures as a minor plot device contributing to the second Dust Bowl in David Brin's futuristic novel, Earth (1990).
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