Colorado Porch

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aquifer

5 Porch Notes tagged “aquifer,” from counties across Colorado.

Water and land - Douglas County

In Douglas County, a lot of water comes from deep bedrock aquifers

Much of Douglas County draws drinking water from the layered Denver Basin bedrock aquifers, a supply the state treats differently from a mountain stream.

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Water and land - Kiowa County

In Kiowa County, much of the water under the land comes from High Plains aquifers

Much of Kiowa County draws groundwater from the Ogallala and other High Plains and alluvial aquifers, and a well is permitted and limited by the state, not unlimited.

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Water and land - Elbert County

In Elbert County, the water under your feet is the Denver Basin

Much of Elbert County depends on groundwater pumped from the layered bedrock aquifers of the Denver Basin, not from rivers or a big city pipeline.

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Water and land - Kit Carson County

Center-pivot circles here are watered from the Ogallala, and that supply is finite

The green irrigation circles across Kit Carson County draw from the High Plains (Ogallala) aquifer, a groundwater supply that recharges slowly.

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Water and land - Douglas County

Douglas County well rules can change by geology

The well permit you need can change with the rock under your lot — Denver Basin aquifers east, granitic formation west.

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