Winter Water Levels!

The North Plains Groundwater Conservation District will be conducting winter water level measurements in all eight counties of the district. These water level measurements are used to calculate decline rates, depth to water, depletion, and saturated thickness across the district. We measure over 400 wells over the span of 3 months starting in January and wrapping up in March. The data collected over the years is used to create hydrographs. Each hydrograph creates a trend line from all the past measurements. Trendline analyses are done and combined with the depletion and decline rate calculations to create contour maps to show the differences in water levels across the district.

You can find this information in the Hydrology Report here.

Definitions:

Depth to water– the distance from the land surface to the top of the water table or aquifer.

Hydrograph– a way of displaying water level information over time.

Saturated thickness– the water contained in the aquifer between the bottom of the aquifer or redbed and the top of the water table.

Please contact Odell Ward PG, Aquifer Science Manger at oward@northplainsgcd.org or phone (806) 935-6401 ext. 210.