Annual HPWD water measurements to begin

HPWD will be determining the effects of 2020 pumping on groundwater levels in the district beginning Jan. 4.
HPWD will be determining the effects of 2020 pumping on groundwater levels in the district beginning Jan. 4.

Beginning Jan. 4, High Plains Underground Water Conservation District (HPWD) personnel will begin annual water level measurements to determine the effect of 2020 pumping on groundwater levels in aquifers within the district.

These 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 mil…