Naugatuck Valley Planning Region, CT Water Table Trend
Naugatuck Valley Planning Region's groundwater trend, from USGS's own readings
Over 113 years of USGS readings, the well tracking Naugatuck Valley Planning Region's aquifer is holding roughly steady: 0.4 ft per decade.
One well stands in for Naugatuck Valley Planning Region's whole aquifer here, the honest simplification every page on this site carries.
What the well actually measured
The most recent reading put water 21.8 ft below land surface. Readings span 1913-10-04 to 2026-09-29, 1563 measurements from USGS well USGS-413202073122401 (Ct-Wy 1), part of the National Water Information System. The qualifying bar and the OLS fit behind this trend are documented in the methodology guide.
Where Naugatuck Valley Planning Region ranks
Of the 1,449 US counties with a usable trend, Naugatuck Valley Planning Region ranks 385th from fastest-rising to fastest-declining, 1 is the fastest-rising water table measured, 1449 the fastest-declining. About 462,220 people live in Naugatuck Valley Planning Region, Connecticut. See the fastest-moving counties guide for how Naugatuck Valley Planning Region stacks up against the most extreme cases nationally.
A dropping table says nothing about water quality
Whether Naugatuck Valley Planning Region'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.