Guayama Municipio, PR Water Table Trend
Guayama Municipio's groundwater trend, from USGS's own readings
Guayama Municipio's representative monitoring well shows depth to water declining at a typical pace for a declining county, a fitted trend of 2.1 ft per decade over 66 years of readings.
One well stands in for Guayama 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 62.6 ft below land surface. Readings span 1960-11-15 to 2026-08-11, 547 measurements from USGS well USGS-175858066100200 (Jua 5 Well, Guayama, 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 Guayama Municipio ranks
Of the 1,449 US counties with a usable trend, Guayama Municipio ranks 1195th from fastest-rising to fastest-declining, 1 is the fastest-rising water table measured, 1449 the fastest-declining. About 0 people live in Guayama Municipio, . See the fastest-moving counties guide for how Guayama Municipio stacks up against the most extreme cases nationally.
What a declining table means for a well pump
Because Guayama Municipio's water table is actually declining, not just a general worry, a well owner here should consider comparing home-warranty plans that cover well-pump failure before one happens.
A dropping table says nothing about water quality
Whether Guayama 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.