Northeastern Connecticut Planning Region, CT Water Table
Is the water table dropping in Northeastern Connecticut Planning Region, CT?
Northeastern Connecticut Planning Region's long-term well puts the trend at 0.2 ft per decade, holding roughly steady, based on 1625 measurements since 1942.
One well stands in for Northeastern Connecticut 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 30 ft below land surface. Readings span 1942-10-01 to 2026-09-29, 1625 measurements from USGS well USGS-414054071552001 (Ct-Pl 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 Northeastern Connecticut Planning Region ranks
Of the 1,449 US counties with a usable trend, Northeastern Connecticut Planning Region ranks 523rd from fastest-rising to fastest-declining, 1 is the fastest-rising water table measured, 1449 the fastest-declining. About 97,701 people live in Northeastern Connecticut Planning Region, Connecticut. See the fastest-moving counties guide for how Northeastern Connecticut Planning Region stacks up against the most extreme cases nationally.
A dropping table says nothing about water quality
Whether Northeastern Connecticut 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.