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From the DEP Press Release: Ferguson Township, Centre County - On September 5th, Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection Secretary David E. Hess activated a new drought monitoring well, CE 686, that is the latest addition to the state's water resources monitoring network. "Since 45 counties, including Centre, are under a drought watch, the timing of the commissioning of this well is especially important," Secretary Hess said. "This well will provide us with important, real-time data about the Spring Creek Watershed and give us a better handle on how much groundwater supply there is, and when we need to ask residents to step up their conservation efforts.
DEP Secretary David E. Hess addresses the group at the commissioning of new drought monitoring well CE 686. "Our water forums earlier this year pointed to a need for better, more accurate water resources information. This is a step in that direction, but we need legislation this fall to give us the authority to do a comprehensive update of the state water plan. I want to thank our partners in the Spring Creek Watershed community, especially Todd Giddings who donated the well, and the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) for helping to build our drought monitoring network." The real-time, ground water level hydrograph of this well is on the USGS Web site. Click this link to view the current 7-day hydrograph of this well.
Through a $31,325 Growing Greener grant, the Spring Creek Watershed Community has partnered with the USGS to add seven new monitoring wells throughout the Spring Creek Watershed. Eventually, these wells will become part of the state's ground water monitoring network. "I am happy that this well is going to become part of the state's drought monitoring network," Todd Giddings said. I have dedicated a large part of my career to studying this watershed, and I am thrilled that this well will help make a difference in how we use water in this community".
To learn about the ground-water and the surface-water boundaries of the Spring Creek Watershed, click here.To learn the actual source of the ground water flowing from the Big Spring in Bellefonte, click here.To read about the record low flow in Spring Creek, click here.To see additional photographs of the commissioning of drought monitoring well CE 686, and to learn more about the equipment installation, click here.To see a map of the location of well CE 686 within the Spring Creek Watershed, click here.
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