Do You Know the Health of Your Well?

By Donna Duncan and Monika Eckmann
 
Black Forest residents, are you concerned that the massive amount of development coming to Black Forest might adversely affect our groundwater supply? A recent water decree allows the Cherokee Metropolitan District to pump a total of 3,708 acre-feet of water per year; 1,246 acre-feet of that yearly total can come from the Dawson aquifer. One acre-foot is the volume of water equivalent to covering one acre of land to a depth of one foot; this equals 43,560 cubic feet or 325,851 gallons. There are approximately 13,116 Black Forest residents who use 0.5 acre-feet per year, per household. Consequently, Cherokee can pump 50% additional water than is used by the entire Black Forest community in a year.

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