Field Staff Supervisor Keith Whitworth uses an E-Line to make a water level measurement in an observation well. (photo courtesy of HPWD)
Beginning Jan. 3, High Plains Water District (HPWD) personnel will make water level measurements to determine the effect of 2021 pumping on groundwater levels in aquifers within the district.
These annual measurements are made in a network of more than 1,350 privately owned wells. These observation wells are spaced at a density of approximately one well per nine square miles throughout the 16-count…
