Bernalillo County, NM Water Table Trend
Bernalillo County, NM: what the water table is actually doing
Bernalillo County's long-term well puts the trend at 0.1 ft per decade, holding roughly steady, based on 28 measurements since 1953.
This is one representative well, not a county-wide survey, the same grain limit every page here discloses.
Bernalillo County's source well, in detail
Depth to water at the last reading was 23.3 ft below land surface. Readings span 1953-01-01 to 2026-01-27, 28 measurements from USGS well USGS-350653106403001 (10n.02e.12.222 Dur 6), part of the National Water Information System. The qualifying bar and the OLS fit behind this trend are documented in the methodology guide.
How Bernalillo County compares nationally
Bernalillo County sits at rank 551st 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. Bernalillo County, New Mexico is home to about 671,747 people. See the fastest-moving counties guide for how Bernalillo County stacks up against the most extreme cases nationally.
Depth and quality are separate questions
This page answers a depth question, not a quality one. A well in Bernalillo County 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.