Ground Water Status - End of August, 2016

Drought status evaluation of Maryland ground water for the end of July, 2016 

Region USGS Well ID Well Level[1] Status Regional Status
Western GA Bc 1 14.86 Normal Normal
AL Ah 1 4.90 Normal
WA Be 2 32.55 Normal
WA Bk 25 48.68 Warning
Central BA Ea 18 19.74 Normal Normal
HA Bd 31 14.44 Watch
HA Ca 23 8.06 Warning
MO Cc 14 32.46 Normal
MO Eh 20 15.09 Normal
Eastern QA Cg 69 3.90 Normal Normal
WI Cg 20 5.94 Normal
MC51-01

13.72

Watch
SO Cf 2 5.68 Warning
Southern CH Bg 12 (unconfined) 7.68 Normal Normal
AA Cc 40 (confined) 50.42[3] Watch
CA Bb 27 (confined) 180.60 On Trend[4]
CH Dd 33 (confined) Na[2] Unknown
PG De 21 (confined) Na[2] Unknown
SM Fg 45 (confined) Na[2] Unknown
Well Level[1] - Measurement of water level as feet below land surface
[2] -  Measurements not reported as of 2016-Sep-16 at 10:30 PM at 2:00 PM
[3] -  Value measured 2016-09-07
On Trend[4] - In accordance with Maryland's drought monitoring and response plan, the impact of drought upon confined aquifers is analyzed as a departure from long term trend.

Selected ground water levels are availble from USGS at:
http://md.water.usgs.gov/groundwater/

Data for other wells may be downloaded from:
USGS - NWIS Web Information for USA

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