WATER LEVELS FROM PENNSYLVANIA OBSERVATION-WELL NETWORK
December 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 139.68 139.22 137.75 134.84 140.70/81 121.10/96 139.52 12/31 DOWN DOWN -4.84
Bucks BK-929 1967 46.01 46.29 44.46 44.90* 49.99/98* 41.22/89* 44.86 12/31 UP DOWN -1.11*
Bucks BK-1020 1975 33.97 33.54 31.78 34.28 41.08/98 28.20/93 32.14 12/31 DOWN DOWN .31
Carbon CB-104 1969 65.57 81.12 38.83 44.99 76.26/98 28.85/93 41.29 12/31 UP DOWN -20.58
Chester CH-10 1966 13.94 14.48 11.60 12.91 15.16/69 8.70/96 13.54 12/31 UP DOWN -1.03
Delaware DE-723 1983 7.08 7.34 6.56 6.57 8.29/98 3.34/96 7.07 12/31 UP DOWN -.51
Lebanon LB-372 1973 10.02 10.62 10.02 8.97 11.11/81 6.52/96 9.86 12/31 UP SAME -1.05
Lehigh LE-644 1971 78.18 78.88 73.21 64.51 84.31/81 45.45/96 75.42 12/31 UP DOWN -13.67
Monroe MO-190 1968 11.88 13.37 9.84 10.24 15.66/80 7.98/96 10.56 12/31 UP DOWN -1.64
Montgomery MG-917 1997 10.04 10.72 8.93 10.52 12.06/98 8.93/99 9.36 12/31 UP DOWN .48
Pike PI-200 1981 47.93 53.74 65.64 47.63 95.54/98 31.33/86 48.18 12/31 UP UP -.30
Schuylkill SC-296 1975 50.55 54.51 46.75 45.50 55.27/98 37.05/90 48.16 12/31 UP DOWN -5.05
Wayne WN-64 1968 25.92 25.92 26.70 25.38* 28.16/91* 21.95/96* 25.94 12/31 SAME UP -.54*
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.

* 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.
^ Below normal conditions for well SO-2 are due to nearby pumping.
+ Well MR-1364 was affected by the Pymatuning Earthquake on Sept. 25, 1998. Record adjusted to compute current conditions shown on map.

Note: Water levels from well MG-225 are being collected but not reported in this monthly summary, because they are not comparable to historical levels due to changes in ground-water pumping.