With thousands of well records from across the state on file, the Geological Survey can forecast geologic and hydrologic conditions for people needing to drill a new well or needing to solve problems such as loss of yield or changes in water quality in existing wells. Problems in individual wells depend not only on the natural water quality of the aquifer, but on well siting, construction, and well history. They have a variety of publications on water quality and treatment. As with most organizations that deal with large quantities of information, we are making the transition to electronic data management. During this transition, databases that were formerly managed as paper files are being converted to electronic files.
Substantial overlaps occur between the contents of various databases.
We are working to resolve these overlaps and potential conflicts, but this is a very large, time-consuming task. Click to see the Catalog of Water-Well Databases.