Table 1.
Summary of Historical Water-Quality Databases Used for Investigation in the Modesto and Albuquerque Study Areas
StudyArea | Source/Collecting Agency | Total Number of Wells | Range of Well Depth (mbls) | Range of Length of Screened Interval (m) | Range of Depth to Water (mbls) | Years of Data Collection | Typical Frequency of Data Collection | Types of Available Water-Quality Data | Availability of Pumping Data |
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Modesto, CA | City of Modesto | 138 | 18-125 | 0.3–91.5 | <3–20 | 1984–2008 | Annual to quarterly | Major, minor, and trace elements; Nutrients Field measurements | Monthly for aggregated wells |
Albuquerque, NM | Albuquerque Bernalillo County Water Utility Authority | 95 | 152–544 | 43–309 | 3.4–234 | 1988–2005 | Annual to biannual | Major, minor, and trace elements;Nutrients Field measurements | Monthly for individual wells |