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BEAUMONT BASIN WATERMASTER

MEMORANDUM NO. 18-01

Date: February 7, 2018

From: Hannibal Blandon, ALDA Inc.

Subject: Status Report on Water Level Monitoring throughout the
Beaumont Basin through January 24, 2018

Recommendation: No recommendation.

At the present time, there are 14 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 six months was not recorded at this location
despite of the fact that a new probe was installed in November 2017. Another new
probe was installed during our January visit to the site as the previous probe
recorded information was erroneous. Similarly, water level at Oak Valley No. 5
rose over five feet in the March 2016 to January 2018 period. The probe and
communications cable seem to be working just fine after the previous cable was
stuck in the well for over two months.

✓ 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 close to 80 feet over the last 18 months from a low of 2,337 ft.
to 2,416 ft., recorded at the end of January 2018. Levels in the deep aquifer have
risen recently to their highest elevation (2,262 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 was not available for the previous
report as cemetery personnel were not present to open the gate to the well;
however, the data continued to be recorded. The water level at this well continues
to fluctuate over a 20-foot band. Conversely, the water level at the Sun Lakes well
has fluctuated minimally over the same period as it decreased two feet. Water

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