Dorado Municipio, PR Water Table Trend
Dorado Municipio, PR: what the water table is actually doing
Over 32 years of USGS readings, the well tracking Dorado Municipio's aquifer is rising, getting shallower over time: 0.8 ft per decade.
One well stands in for Dorado 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 62.3 ft below land surface. Readings span 1995-01-05 to 2026-10-01, 276 measurements from USGS well USGS-182526066165001 (Piezometer Santa Rosa 2 Dorado, 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 Dorado Municipio ranks
Of the 1,449 US counties with a usable trend, Dorado Municipio ranks 282nd from fastest-rising to fastest-declining, 1 is the fastest-rising water table measured, 1449 the fastest-declining. About 0 people live in Dorado Municipio, . See the fastest-moving counties guide for how Dorado Municipio stacks up against the most extreme cases nationally.
A dropping table says nothing about water quality
Whether Dorado 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.