Buckman Well Field Groundwater Monitoring
Buckman Area Groundwater Monitoring Reports
The City's
2012 Biennual Monitoring Program Report, was completed in November, 2012, summarizes the impacts from the pumping of Buckman Wells 10-13 on the groundwater and wells in the nearby area.
Previous Buckman Well Monitoring Program Reports are also available:
Buckman Well Monitoring Network
As part of the permit requirement for the Buckman Well Field (OSE permit RG-20516), the City of Santa Fe is required to conduct groundwater monitoring in the vicinity of the Buckman Well Field to help determine the incremental effects that pumping Buckman Well 10-13 will have on senior well in the area. To facilitate public understanding of the groundwater effects, all documents related to the use and monitoring of the Buckman wells will be made available through this webpage. Useful documents include:
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Several monitoring wells in the Buckman well field area are measured periodically through a US Geological Survey/City Joint Funding Agreement. User-friendly data and hydrographs for most of these wells can be accessed at a
USGS groundwater site for New Mexico . Additional well information is available at
USGS Ground Water Database. The USGS well idenification numbers as well as the water level information available to date been downloaded and analyzed in
USGS Monitoring Well Data in the Buckman area in a Microsoft Excel spreadsheet.
Buckman Area Well Survey