Lajas Municipio, PR Water Table Trend
Is the water table dropping in Lajas Municipio, PR?
Lajas Municipio's long-term well puts the trend at 0.2 ft per decade, holding roughly steady, based on 410 measurements since 1982.
One well stands in for Lajas 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 40.7 ft below land surface. Readings span 1982-04-15 to 2026-09-09, 410 measurements from USGS well USGS-180132067033800 (Viv Colonia Amistad Well, Lajas, 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 Lajas Municipio ranks
Of the 1,449 US counties with a usable trend, Lajas Municipio ranks 814th from fastest-rising to fastest-declining, 1 is the fastest-rising water table measured, 1449 the fastest-declining. About 0 people live in Lajas Municipio, . See the fastest-moving counties guide for how Lajas Municipio stacks up against the most extreme cases nationally.
A dropping table says nothing about water quality
Whether Lajas 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.