Well water dropping to critical levels

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lly DElll3IE PITTMAN the La J ara and Capulin a rea, is too s ma ll to lower a pump into. reach the receding water level. said. ALAMOSA - Drought condi- but we're seeing problems in all The only alternative is to drill a "While not necessarily 'drying "I think the problem is state- tions are becoming critical, cau s- -arcasof the Valley," he said. 'n ew well. up', the water level has lowered wide," said Pythian, "not just ing water wells to dry up at an Vandiver said affected wells "Some of these wells arc fairly to the point where it cannot be Valleywide." alarming rate throughout the a re at varying levels, from sha l- shallow," said Vandiver. "What's pumped, requiring replacem ent Va lley. low wells to 200 foot deep wells. alarming is the 'ract Lhat even wells Lo be drilled deeper," he • Please see Wells page 2 "Over 56 wells in the Va lley "In fact," said Vandiver, "the with t hese shallow wells, we have have gone dry since April 1st," Baca Water a nd Sanitation well, never had any particular prob- said Steve Vandiver, Division which is a big well, is starting to lems with t hem before and we've Engineer for Water Division 3, surge and ther:e is some concern gone through some fairly dry Colorado Division of Water Re- about what to do with it." He said years in the past 20.years." sources. The Divis ion's offi ce has with t he Rio Grande Canal ·as Well drillers from a round the been busy p rocessing well re- t he lone exception, none of the Valley say they've been getting placement paperwork that has major ditches on the Rio Gra nde lots of ca lls from people whose been coming in

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