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decreasing water level trend since 1997. This year, all of these wells <br />displayed water levels within their historic ranges, except for wells 16 <br />and 17, which displayed this year the highest water levels ever. <br />- wolf Creek Overburden/Wadge Underburden. Three wells monitor the <br />Wadge Underburden in the Wadge Coal mining area. Well 6 exhibits the <br />same typical seasonal variation as noted for the alluvium and exhibits a <br />generally increasing water level trend. We11 8P1 continues with a long- <br />term decreasing water level trend. Well 11 (another flowing well fitted <br />with a pressure gage) continues with a long-term increasing water level <br />trend. One well monitors the Wolf Creek Overburden in the Wolf Creek <br />Coal mining area. Well 7 exhibits typical seasonal variability with <br />water levels measured within its historic range. <br />- wolf Creek Coal. The one well that monitors the Wolf Creek Coal seam, <br />Well 10, exhibits this year water levels within its historic range, and <br />with same typical seasonal variability as previously defined. <br />- Spoils. Three wells; 22, 23, and 24; are completed in the upper <br />region of spoils above the Wadge Impoundment, which is generally <br />unsaturated. The 3.8 feet of saturation previously observed in Well 22 <br />is most likely incorrect since adjacent Wells 23 and 24 are normally <br />dry. The suspect water levels in Well 22 may be a result of water <br />trapped in the borehole (perhaps by a boulder in the spoils that the <br />borehole does not completely penetrate). However, this well became dry <br />in August 1998, and continues to be so. Well 23 sometimes shows water <br />in late February, March, and April as snow melts quickly off this <br />westerly-facing slope, although it has been dry since 1985. Well 24 has <br />been dry for the entire period of record. <br />Three wells; 25, 26, and 27; are situated in the lower region of spoils <br />above the Wadge Impoundment. All three of these wells were outfitted <br />with continuous recorders operated by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) <br />until the end of 1983. Well 25, the highest upgradient of these three <br />wells on the spoils slope, has indicated an absence of recharge since <br />1997. Well 27, lowest of the three, shows that its water levels are <br />4 <br />