WATER LEVELS FROM PENNSYLVANIA OBSERVATION-WELL NETWORK October 2000

County

Well
number

Year
record
began

Mean depth to water below land surface, in feet

Last
recorded
water
level

Date of
last recorded
water
level

Trend
from
last
month

Trend
from
last
year

Departure
from
mean
for all
years,
in feet

This
month

Last
month

This
month
last
year

This
month,
for all
years

Maximum
for this
month/
year of
occurrence

Minimum
for this
month/
year of
occurrence

Observation wells in the Delaware River Basin

Berks

BE-623

1975

138.15 137.21 135.86 134.99 140.30/81 123.20/75 138.66

10/31

DOWN

DOWN

-3.16

Bucks

BK-929

1967

45.82 45.24 47.25 46.64* 48.29/95* 41.48/89* 45.95

10/31

DOWN

UP

.82*

Bucks

BK-1020

1975

30.94 30.33 30.21 35.98 40.54/76 28.83/96 32.12

10/31

DOWN

DOWN

5.04

Carbon

CB-104

1969

78.15 73.34 38.58 65.23 86.05/80 35.67/79 79.86

10/31

DOWN

DOWN

-12.92

Chester

CH-10

1966

13.96 13.86 11.72 13.82 15.65/86 10.46/79 14.29

10/31

DOWN

DOWN

-.14

Delaware

DE-723

1983

7.07 7.27 6.61 7.27 8.41/86 5.52/96 7.29

10/31

UP

DOWN

.20

Lebanon

LB-372

1973

10.16 9.55 9.40 9.60 10.92/81 6.96/75 10.44

10/31

DOWN

DOWN

-.56

Lehigh

LE-644

1971

74.92 72.49 72.95 66.46 82.35/81 48.64/75 77.27

10/31

DOWN

DOWN

-8.46

Monroe

MO-190

1968

13.07 12.25 12.75 12.71 16.55/80 8.82/79 13.28

10/31

DOWN

DOWN

-.36

Montgomery

MG-225

1956

13.74++ 14.25++ 12.10 32.26 59.32/63 12.10/99 14.85++

10/31

UP

DOWN

18.52

Montgomery

MG-917

1997

9.55 9.26 9.48 10.41 11.24/97 9.48/99 10.23

10/31

DOWN

DOWN

.86

Pike

PI-200

1981

57.27 82.06 64.36 54.94 95.54/98 38.26/85 53.21

10/31

UP

UP

-2.33

Schuylkill

SC-296

1975

53.55 52.79 46.46 48.80 54.73/80 40.40/90 54.15

10/31

DOWN

DOWN

-4.75

Wayne

WN-64

1968

26.71 27.71 28.70 27.60* 29.88/91* 24.39/87* 25.98

10/31

UP

UP

.89*

* Value for well is computed using less than the full period of record because of a change in well hydraulics, or nearby non-climatic hydrologic stress.

++ Above normal condtions for well MG-225 are caused by decreased pumping from nearby wells.

N/D indicates no data NDR indicates no data received at time of report

DOWN = Water level is lower than that reported for last month or year

UP = Water level is higher than that reported for last month or year Shaded block indicates this month is a new recorded maximum or minimum

Year refers to water year, October 1 - September 30.