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BEAUMONT BASIN WATERMASTER

MEMORANDUM NO. 18-12

Date: June 6, 2018

From: Hannibal Blandon, ALDA Inc.

Subject: Status Report on Water Level Monitoring throughout the
Beaumont Basin through May 29, 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 eight months was not recorded at this
location despite of the fact that a new water level probe was installed in November
2017. A second water level probe was installed during our January visit to the site
as the previous probe recorded information was erroneous; however, the new
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probe was missing during our visit on March 20 , along with the barometric
pressure probe. A new probe and communications cable was installed during our
May visit on a temporary basis. At Oak Valley No. 5 water level rose over six feet
since the water level probe was installed in March of 2016. While the probe
continues to record data on an hourly basis, the communications cable was not
working during our May visit. A new communications cable could be installed at
this well; however, we had difficulties removing the existing cable from inside the
well in the past.

✓ 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 85 feet over the last 18 months from a low of 2,337 ft.
to 2,422 ft., recorded at the end of March 2018; current water level is at 2,420 ft.
Levels in the deep aquifer have risen recently to their highest elevation (2,271 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

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