Open-File Report 2003-321
U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 2003-321, 41 pages (Published 2003)
By DeWees, Ralph K.
Prepared in Cooperation with the CITY OF ALBUQUERQUE
This report is available online as a citation and a group of images at the USGS Publications Warehouse.
The Albuquerque Basin, located in central New Mexico, is about 100 miles long and 25 to 40 miles wide. The basin is defined as the extent of consolidated and unconsolidated deposits of Tertiary and Quaternary age that encompass the structural Rio Grande Rift within the basin. Drinking-water supplies throughout the Albuquerque Basin are obtained solely from ground-water resources. An increase of about 35 percent in the population from 1980 to 1990 resulted in an increased demand for water. From April 1982 through September 1983, a network of wells was established to monitor changes in ground-water levels throughout the Albuquerque Basin. This network consisted of 6 wells with analog-to-digital recorders and 27 wells where water levels were measured monthly. Currently (2002), the network consists of 230 wells and piezometers. U.S. Geological Survey personnel collect water-level measurements at sites 1-5, 7-20, 24-64, 66-73, 76-83, 85-87, and 159-230. Water-level and other data for sites 88-158 are collected by other agencies. Water-level data for sites 6, 21-23, 65, 74, 75, and 84 were not available for this report.
Abstract
Introduction
Well-numbering system
Methods
Well and piezometer construction data and hydrographs
References cited
This report is available online as a citation and a group of images at the USGS Publications Warehouse.
DeWees, Ralph K., 2003, Water-level data for the Albuquerque Basin and adjacent areas, central New Mexico, period of record through 2002: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 2003–321
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