DWR_3485492

• Title: GROUND WATER LEVELS IN THE SOUTHERN HIGH PLAINS DESIGNATED BASIN
• Year: 1989
• Document Type - Publications and Reports: Ground Water Levels Report

This report represents the results of water level measurements of wells in the
Southern High Plains Designated Basin made during the month of March 1989. This project
was done in cooperation with the Southern High Plains Ground Water Management
District and local well owners. Funding for this project was supplied in part from well
permit fees collected and managed by the Office of the State Engineer as a result of the
passage of Senate Bill 200 during the 1987 legislative session.
A total of sixteen wells were measured and 20 sites visited. Well measurements
were made in wells completed in four aquifers. Number of wells in each aquifer and the
average change are as follows:
AQNUMBER
OF
AVERAGE
WELLS
GE
Ogallala
6
- 1.80 feet
Dakota
5
- 1.19 feet
Cheyenne
4
+ 4.62 feet
Dockum
1
- 2.57 feet
Changes in water level range from a decline of 5.17 feet in T30S, R42W, to a rise of 13.14
feet in T30S, R45W. The average for the entire basin, regardless of aquifer, is a decline of
0.07 feet.
The table of water level measurements included is organized by location. Information
presented includes, location, owner, water levels measured prior to the 1988 measurements
made by this office, the 1988 measurements and change from previous, the 1989
measurements and change from 1988, the aquifer designation and remarks.
Copies of this report are being made available to well owners for their assistance
in this project. Additional reports are available from the Office of the State Engineer, 1313
Sherman Street, Room 818, Denver, Colorado 80203 for a cost of $ 1.50.