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Patagonia town manager: wells 35 feet below ground; no current discharges to Alum Gulch
Summary
Town Manager Tomas Goode told the Sonoita Creek committee that town wells were measured about 35 feet below ground—an unusually low reading—and that there were no discharges to Alum Gulch at the time. December discharge figures were reported in the meeting record but units were not specified.
Tomas Goode, Patagonia’s town manager, told the Sonoita Creek Flood and Flow Study Committee on Feb. 20 that the town’s static water level at municipal wells measured about 35 feet below ground level, a decline the committee noted as unusually low compared with past data.
Goode reported a December average discharge of 6.22 (units not specified in the meeting record) and a per-day figure shown in the transcript as "3.296 7" (units not specified). Committee member Chris Gardner asked whether there were discharges to Alum Gulch; the response recorded in the meeting was, "No discharges at this time."
The committee did not offer a definitive cause beyond the possibility of drought; Goode and members discussed monitoring and reporting but did not adopt any formal policy or motion tied to new discharge or well-management actions during the meeting. The town will retain monitoring data as part of ongoing watershed discussions and follow up in future meetings as needed.
