Hatillo Municipio, PR Water Table Trend
Is the water table dropping in Hatillo Municipio, PR?
Over 42 years of USGS readings, the well tracking Hatillo Municipio's aquifer is rising, getting shallower over time: 2.7 ft per decade.
One well stands in for Hatillo 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 311.6 ft below land surface. Readings span 1984-12-04 to 2026-10-13, 144 measurements from USGS well USGS-182637066475900 (Paloma 3 Well, Hatillo, 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 Hatillo Municipio ranks
Of the 1,449 US counties with a usable trend, Hatillo Municipio ranks 103rd from fastest-rising to fastest-declining, 1 is the fastest-rising water table measured, 1449 the fastest-declining. About 0 people live in Hatillo Municipio, . See the fastest-moving counties guide for how Hatillo Municipio stacks up against the most extreme cases nationally.
A dropping table says nothing about water quality
Whether Hatillo 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.