Over the next two weeks, crews with the Idaho Department of Water Resources (IDWR) will measure approximately 600 wells across the Treasure Valley and Payette Valley, making it the largest groundwater measurement effort in the region in decades.
Officials say they’re looking to better understand how groundwater levels have changed since a large-scale study was conducted in 2001.
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Idaho measuring 600 wells to track Treasure Valley groundwater amid rapid growth
“We’re trying to just get unbiased water level measurements at different wells throughout the Treasure Valley and Payette Valley,” said Ryan McCutcheon, project manager in IDWR’s hydrology section…