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Water-Level Data for the Albuquerque Basin and Adjacent Areas, Central New Mexico, Period of Record Through September 30, 2014

Data Series 963
Prepared in cooperation with the Albuquerque Bernalillo County Water Utility Authority
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https://doi.org/10.3133/ds963

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Abstract

The Albuquerque Basin, located in central New Mexico, is about 100 miles long and 25–40 miles wide. The basin is hydrologically defined as the extent of consolidated and unconsolidated deposits of Tertiary and Quaternary age that encompasses the structural Rio Grande Rift. Drinking-water supplies throughout the basin were obtained solely from groundwater resources until December 2008, when treatment and distribution of surface water from the Rio Grande through the San Juan-Chama Drinking Water Project began. A 20-percent population increase in the basin from 1990 to 2000 and a 22-percent population increase from 2000 to 2010 resulted in an increased demand for water.

An initial network of wells was established by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) in cooperation with the City of Albuquerque from April 1982 through September 1983 to monitor changes in groundwater levels throughout the basin. This network consisted of 6 wells with analog-to-digital recorders and 27 wells where water levels were measured monthly in 1983. The network currently (2014) consists of 125 wells and piezometers. (A piezometer is a specialized well open to a specific depth in the aquifer, often of small diameter and nested with other piezometers open to different depths.) The USGS, in cooperation with the Albuquerque Bernalillo County Water Utility Authority, currently (2014) measures and reports water levels from the 125 wells and piezometers in the network; this report presents water-level data collected by USGS personnel at those 125 sites through water year 2014 (October 1, 2013, to September 30, 2014).

Suggested Citation

Beman, J.E., 2015, Water-level data for the Albuquerque Basin and adjacent areas, central New Mexico, period of record through September 30, 2014 (ver. 1.1, August 2021): U.S. Geological Survey Data Series 963, 42 p., https://doi.org/10.3133/ds963.

ISSN: 2327-638X (online)

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Table of Contents

  • Abstract
  • Introduction
  • Water-Level Data
  • References Cited

 

Publication type Report
Publication Subtype USGS Numbered Series
Title Water-level data for the Albuquerque Basin and adjacent areas, central New Mexico, period of record through September 30, 2014
Series title Data Series
Series number 963
DOI 10.3133/ds963
Edition Version 1.1: August 2021
Year Published 2015
Language English
Publisher U.S. Geological Survey
Publisher location Reston, VA
Contributing office(s) New Mexico Water Science Center
Description iii, 42 p.
Country United States
State New Mexico
Online Only (Y/N) Y
Additional Online Files (Y/N) N
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