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Description of piezometers installed in the middle Rio Grande basin area, 1997-99, central New Mexico

Open-File Report 2000-477
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https://doi.org/10.3133/ofr00477

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Abstract

Since 1993, the Santa Fe Group aquifer system in the Middle Rio Grande Basin, and particularly in the Albuquerque area, has been the focus of studies to further define the extent of the most productive parts of the aquifer and to gain a better understanding of how ground- water levels are changing over time. The U.S. Geological Survey, in cooperation with the New Mexico Office of the State Engineer, installed nine piezometers during 1998-99 at five sites in and near the margin of the Middle Rio Grande Basin in central New Mexico. In addition, the New Mexico Office of the State Engineer installed another nine piezometers at three sites during 1997. These piezometers allow for collection of ground-water-level data in areas for which little information is available. Most of the piezometers were constructed of 2.5-inch-diameter flush-joint polyvinyl chloride (PVC) schedule 80 casing with 10-foot stainless steel screens; the shallow piezometer at the Tome site has a 40-foot screen, and the single piezometers at the Dome Road and Phoenix Road sites have steel casing with welded joints and a 10- and a 20-foot screen, respectively. Steel casing with a locking lid covers the uppermost 2 feet of the piezometer casing. Drillers' logs and petrophysical logs were collected from the deepest borehole at each site.

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Bartolino, J., and Rankin, D., 2000, Description of piezometers installed in the middle Rio Grande basin area, 1997-99, central New Mexico: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 2000-477, 29 p., https://doi.org/10.3133/ofr00477.

ISSN: 2331-1258 (online)

Publication type Report
Publication Subtype USGS Numbered Series
Title Description of piezometers installed in the middle Rio Grande basin area, 1997-99, central New Mexico
Series title Open-File Report
Series number 2000-477
DOI 10.3133/ofr00477
Year Published 2000
Language ENGLISH
Description 29 p.
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