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BEAUMONT BASIN WATERMASTER

MEMORANDUM NO. 17-24

Date: October 4, 2017

From: Hannibal Blandon, ALDA Inc.

Subject: Status Report on Water Level Monitoring throughout the
Beaumont Basin through September 25, 2017

Recommendation: No recommendation.

At the present time, there are 12 monitoring wells collecting water level information on an
hourly basis at various locations throughout the basin. In addition, there are two
monitoring probes collecting barometric pressures at opposite ends of the Beaumont
Basin. The location of active monitoring wells is depicted in the attached Figure No. 1.

Water levels at selected locations are depicted in Figures 2 through 6 and are described
as follows:

✓ Figure No. 2 – Water levels at YVWD Well No. 34 and Oak Valley Well No. 5 are
considered representative of basin conditions in the Northwest portion of the basin.
At YVWD No. 34 the water level is fairly stable; it has increased a mere three feet
over the last 2 years. Data for the last two months was not recorded at this location
as the probe is not working properly. Existing probe was replaced with a new
probe at this well. Conversely, water level at Oak Valley No. 5 rose over five feet
in the March 2016 to May 2017 period. Data for the last four months could not be
downloaded from the field probe at this location; further, the probe is stuck inside
the well. We may need to find another well in this portion of the groundwater basin.

✓ Figure No. 3 – Two of the Noble Creek observation wells are presented in this
figure representing the shallow and deep aquifers. In the shallow aquifer, the water
level has increase over 60 feet over the last year from a low of 2,337 ft. to 2,398
ft., recorded at the end of July 2017. The water level for the last two months was
not available from this well as the data recorded by the probe was inconsistent with
previous recorded information. Levels in the deep aquifer have risen recently to
their highest elevation (2,253 ft) since the summer of 2015.

✓ Figure No. 4 – Southern Portion of the Basin. Water level at the Summit Cemetery
well is highly influenced by a nearby pumping well that is used to irrigate the
cemetery grounds. The Water level at this well has fluctuated over a 20-foot band
over the last two years. Conversely, the water level at the Sun Lakes well has
fluctuated minimally over the same period as it decreased two feet.