SensorThings Entity | Name | Description | Properties (additional metadata associated with each entity) |
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Location | <PointID> | Site where measurements are made (in this case groundwater level measurement below land surface)
| AltDatum: <AltDatum>
Altitude: <Altitude>
AltSource: <Location.AltitudeMethod><LU_AltitudeMethod>
Agency: NMBGMR
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Thing | Water Well
| Well drilled or set into subsurface for the purposes of pumping water or monitoring groundwater
| WellDepth: <WellData.WellDepth>
GeologicFormation: <WellData.FormationZone>
ScreenTop: <WellScreens.ScreenTop>
ScreenBottom: <WellScreens.ScreenBottom>
Agency: NMBGMR
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Datastream | Ground Water Levels
| Measurement of static groundwater depth in a water well, as measured below land surface
| Agency: NMBGMR
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ObservedProperty | Depth to Water Below Land Surface
| depth to water below land surface (NOTE: THIS IS NOT ELEVATION of Water, if elevation is reported, depth to water below land surface must be calculated using land elevation and measuring point.)
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Sensor | Pressure
| Continuous measurement depth to water in Feet below ground surface (converted from pressure reading and QC’ed from depth below land surface in feet)
| Agency: NMBGMR
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Sensor | Acoustic
| Continuous measurement depth to water in Feet below ground surface (converted from acoustic device, QC’ed)
| Agency: NMBGMR
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Sensor | Manual
| Manual measurement of groundwater depth by steel tape or electronic probe or other
| MeasurementMethod: <LU_MeasurementMethod.Meaning>Agency: NMBGMR
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