There are no indications of water or moist zones in the northern Land Withdrawal Area. In the center and southern areas it is possible to see damp areas in the drillholes and shafts. There is no flow into the drill holes. In the west and southwest the cementation and gypsum veins are removed at successively lower areas. Some wells like WQSP-6 have water.
Some shafts have damp and moist zones.
There is confusion with the Santa Rosa Formation because the water sits on top of the Dewey Lake Redbeds, but this is not part of the Dewey Lake Redbeds. Dr. Phillips said that at H3b3, just south of the repository, there was a stream of water in this interval and feeder channels to the Rustler. Dr. Barrows disagrees. The Dewey Lake Redbeds is not saturated. The Culebra is the most transmissive unit.