Arecibo Municipio, PR Water Table Trend
Arecibo Municipio's groundwater trend, from USGS's own readings
Arecibo Municipio's long-term well puts the trend at 9.3 ft per decade, rising, getting shallower over time, based on 85 measurements since 1966.
One well stands in for Arecibo Municipio's whole aquifer here, the honest simplification every page on this site carries.
What the well actually measured
The most recent reading put water 58.2 ft below land surface. Readings span 1966-07-12 to 2016-11-18, 85 measurements from USGS well USGS-182357066451100 (Esperanza 1 Old Well, Arecibo, Pr), part of the National Water Information System. The qualifying bar and the OLS fit behind this trend are documented in the methodology guide.
Where Arecibo Municipio ranks
Of the 1,449 US counties with a usable trend, Arecibo Municipio ranks 28th from fastest-rising to fastest-declining, 1 is the fastest-rising water table measured, 1449 the fastest-declining. About 0 people live in Arecibo Municipio, . See the fastest-moving counties guide for how Arecibo Municipio stacks up against the most extreme cases nationally.
A dropping table says nothing about water quality
Whether Arecibo Municipio'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.