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Well drilled at Trinitas to test aquifer level

Posted by: Aqua Blog Maven on December 24, 2009 at 6:30 am

From the Union Democrat:

“A 503-foot well was completed last week at the Ridge at Trinitas, the first of two to be dug in west Calaveras County in an attempt to learn more about the area’s declining aquifer.

Calaveras County Water District is partnering with the U.S. Geological Survey to drill the two wells, which will tap into sub-basins of the enormous aquifer known as the Eastern San Joaquin Groundwater Basin.

The aquifer, which lies partly underneath a 30,000-acre area ranging from Camanche to Valley Springs, is considered by the California Department of Water Resources to be “critically overdrafted.” But little else is known about it.

“These wells collectively represent your first effort at monitoring groundwater in the area,” John Izbicki, a USGS hydrologist told the CCWD board of directors at their Dec. 16 meeting. … “

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December 24, 2009 · Filed Under San Joaquin Valley

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