Barceloneta Municipio, PR Water Table Trend
Is the water table dropping in Barceloneta Municipio, PR?
Barceloneta Municipio's long-term well puts the trend at 0.8 ft per decade, declining, slower than most declining counties, based on 247 measurements since 1972.
This is one representative well, not a county-wide survey, the same grain limit every page here discloses.
Barceloneta Municipio's source well, in detail
Depth to water at the last reading was 204.2 ft below land surface. Readings span 1972-11-06 to 2026-10-16, 247 measurements from USGS well USGS-182603066333601 (Florida Afuera 2 Well, Barceloneta, Pr), part of the National Water Information System. The qualifying bar and the OLS fit behind this trend are documented in the methodology guide.
How Barceloneta Municipio compares nationally
Barceloneta Municipio sits at rank 1033rd of 1,449 ranked counties, ordered rising-to-declining, so a low number means a rising water table and a high one means fast decline. Barceloneta Municipio, is home to about 0 people. See the fastest-moving counties guide for how Barceloneta Municipio stacks up against the most extreme cases nationally.
If you own a well in Barceloneta Municipio
A dropping water table means a residential pump has to reach deeper and work harder, which shortens its life. In Barceloneta Municipio, that trend is real, not assumed: 0.8 ft per decade over 54 years.
Depth and quality are separate questions
This page answers a depth question, not a quality one. A well in Barceloneta Municipio can be stable in depth and still worth testing for quality, or declining and still test clean, the two are measured separately, and only a direct test settles the second one.