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<blockquote data-quote="Allen" data-source="post: 96586" data-attributes="member: 389">Dean, you mentioned that a lot of the drop occurred last fall.&nbsp; That, to me, is not unexpected given the fall we had.&nbsp; In most years, we get a hard frost by the middle/latter part of September which kills off vegetation.&nbsp; Last year, we didn't get a hard frost until the latter part of October, if I remember correctly.&nbsp; In most years, very little of the rain received from the end of May through the end of August ends up in the groundwater as a general rule.&nbsp; It is largely captured by vegetative growth and returned to the atmosphere through transpiration and evaporation.&nbsp; However, in the spring snow melt season and late fall, a much larger fraction of received rain and snow melt ends up escaping the root zone and makes its way into the water table.&nbsp; Last fall, we had warm temps, very little moisture to begin with, and plants starved for water until quite late in October.&nbsp; Simply doesn't bode well for water tables.- - - Updated - - -I was under the impression it had some modifications to improve it, but as its development pre-dates my time in Bismarck, I could have been misled.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Allen, post: 96586, member: 389"] Dean, you mentioned that a lot of the drop occurred last fall. That, to me, is not unexpected given the fall we had. In most years, we get a hard frost by the middle/latter part of September which kills off vegetation. Last year, we didn't get a hard frost until the latter part of October, if I remember correctly. In most years, very little of the rain received from the end of May through the end of August ends up in the groundwater as a general rule. It is largely captured by vegetative growth and returned to the atmosphere through transpiration and evaporation. However, in the spring snow melt season and late fall, a much larger fraction of received rain and snow melt ends up escaping the root zone and makes its way into the water table. Last fall, we had warm temps, very little moisture to begin with, and plants starved for water until quite late in October. Simply doesn't bode well for water tables. [COLOR="silver"][SIZE=1]- - - Updated - - -[/SIZE][/COLOR] I was under the impression it had some modifications to improve it, but as its development pre-dates my time in Bismarck, I could have been misled. [/QUOTE]

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