Ground Water Status - End of December, 2016

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

Region	USGS Well ID	Well Level[1]	Status	Regional Status
Western	GA Bc 1	10.59	Normal	Normal
	AL Ah 1	4.44	Normal
	WA Be 2	34.37	Normal
	WA Bk 25	49.14	Watch
Central	BA Ea 18	22.03	Normal	Watch
	HA Bd 31	15.81	Watch
	HA Ca 23	8.97	Emergency
	MO Cc 14	39.69	Watch
	MO Eh 20	15.33	Emergency
Eastern	QA Cg 69	4.09	Normal	Normal
	WI Cg 20	4.66	Normal
	MC51-01	12.55	Normal
	SO Cf 2	2.13	Normal
Southern	CH Bg 12 (unconfined)	4.60	Normal	Normal
	AA Cc 40 (confined)	Na[2]	Unknown
	CA Fd 54 (confined)	240.40	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 2016-12-30 at 10 AM
[3] - Value computed from real time measurement
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

For More Information

Please contact the Water Supply Program at WATER.SUPPLY@maryland.gov or 410-537-3702