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USGS outlines Douglas County groundwater network data showing long‑term declines in parts of Denver Basin bedrock aquifer
Summary
USGS staff presented long‑term groundwater level monitoring in Douglas County's Denver Basin aquifers, showing statistically significant declines at several sites and outlining options to expand monitoring; commissioners discussed adding wells and funding to improve local data coverage.
USGS scientists briefed the Douglas County Water Commission on the county’s Groundwater Network, a cooperative monitoring project that has collected discrete and continuous water-level data in Denver Basin bedrock aquifers since 2011. Presenters said several wells show statistically significant long‑term declines, and they outlined how the county could expand monitoring and partner to fund additional sites.
Kelly Palka of the U.S. Geological Survey described the two measurement types used in the network: discrete manual measurements (lowering an electronic or steel tape into a well to register the water level) and continuous…
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