Tracking Groundwater Change in the Santa Cruz AMA with the Arizona Water Observatory

In this tutorial, you’ll explore groundwater conditions in the Santa Cruz Active Management Area (AMA) using data available through the Arizona Water Observatory (AWO). We begin by retrieving the Santa Cruz AMA boundary, then identify groundwater wells within the AMA and retrieve depth-to-water observations for each well. Finally, we compare annual median groundwater levels with those in 1995, the first full year after the AMA was established, to examine how groundwater levels have changed over time.

• Check out the quick start blog at: https://cgs-earth.github.io/ArizonaWaterObservatory/posts/tracking-groundwater-change/