Ground Water Status - End of February, 2017

p>Drought status evaluation of Maryland ground water for the end of February, 2017 

Region USGS Well ID Well Level[1] Status Regional Status
Western GA Bc 1 12.30 Watch Watch
AL Ah 1 4.46 Watch
WA Be 2 29.78 Normal
WA Bk 25 48.82 Warning
Central BA Ea 18 22.48 Normal Emergency
HA Bd 31 14.14 Emergency
HA Ca 23 9.05 Emergency
MO Cc 14 36.67 Watch
MO Eh 20 15.34 Emergency
Eastern QA Cg 69 3.79 Normal Normal
WI Cg 20 4.68 Normal
MC51-01

12.24 

Normal
SO Cf 2 2.13 Warning
Southern CH Bg 12 (unconfined) 3.69 Normal Normal
AA Cc 40 (confined) Na[2] Unknown
CA Fd 54 (confined) 240.18 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 2017-03-02 at 06:55 PM
[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

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