Albany County, NY Water Table Trend
Albany County, NY: what the water table is actually doing
Over 61 years of USGS readings, the well tracking Albany County's aquifer is holding roughly steady: 0.2 ft per decade.
One well stands in for Albany County's whole aquifer here, the honest simplification every page on this site carries.
What the well actually measured
The most recent reading put water 9 ft below land surface. Readings span 1965-10-26 to 2026-10-08, 948 measurements from USGS well USGS-424115073495301 (Local Number, A-654, Suny Albany Ny), part of the National Water Information System. The qualifying bar and the OLS fit behind this trend are documented in the methodology guide.
Where Albany County ranks
Of the 1,449 US counties with a usable trend, Albany County ranks 479th from fastest-rising to fastest-declining, 1 is the fastest-rising water table measured, 1449 the fastest-declining. About 319,964 people live in Albany County, New York. See the fastest-moving counties guide for how Albany County stacks up against the most extreme cases nationally.
A dropping table says nothing about water quality
Whether Albany County's water table is rising or falling is independent of what's actually in the water. Depletion can concentrate naturally-occurring minerals, so it's worth checking directly with a water test rather than assuming a depth trend says anything about quality.