Open-File Report 2003-290
U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 2003-290, 63 pages (Published 2003)
By Lisa C. Donohoe and Stephanie J. Moore
Prepared in Cooperation with the CITY OF ALBUQUERQUE and BERNALILLO COUNTY
This report is available online as a citation and a group of images at the USGS Publications Warehouse.
From March 1996 to April 2001, 50 piezometers were installed at 15 sites in and near Albuquerque, New Mexico, by the U.S. Geological Survey in cooperation with the City of Albuquerque and Bernalillo County. The drilling is part of a program to improve the understanding of the Santa Fe Group aquifer system in the Middle Rio Grande Basin.
The U.S. Geological Survey drilled the boreholes using mud-rotary drilling. Geophysical logs were collected at each site. The lithology was described in detail from drill cuttings at each site.
Most piezometers are located at least ] mile from production wells to minimize the effects of municipal pumping. Piezometer screens are located to allow for collection of water-level and water-quality data at discrete intervals in the aquifer. All the piezometers are instrumented with a differential-pressure transducer to measure ground-water levels. Each site is equipped with a multichannel, electronic data logger that records hourly ground-water levels in each piezometer.
Abstract
Introduction
Purpose and scope
Well-numbering system in New Mexico
Drilling method and piezometer construction
Instrumentation
Acknow ledgments
Description of piezometers
Sister Cities Park site
Del Sol Divider Park site
Hunters Run Park site - Nest 1
Hunters Run Park site - Nest 2
West Bluff Park site - Nest 1
West Bluff Park site - Nest 2
Garfield Park site
98th Street site
Nor Este Park site
Sierra Vista Complex site
Montesa Park site
Isleta Boulevard site
Sandia Pueblo site
Rio Bravo Park site
Westgate Heights Park site
Niese Drive site
Paradise Boulevard site
References cited
This report is available online as a citation and a group of images at the USGS Publications Warehouse.
Lisa C. Donohoe and Stephanie J. Moore, 2003, Description of Piezometers Installed in the Middle Rio Grande Basin Area in and near Albuquerque, New Mexico, 1996-2001: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 2003–290
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