Groundwater

In the Ozark Plateau region, the Kansas Department of Agriculture – Division of Water Resources staff measure groundwater levels in two aquifer sources.  They are the Ozark aquifer and the Springfield Plateau aquifer.  The Springfield Plateau aquifer is of poor quality water and not used much for domestic purposes. Monitoring wells used in this report are located in the Ozark aquifer and the Ozark Plateau aquifer.  The Ozark Plateau aquifer has wells screened in both the Ozark and the Springfield aquifers.  There are no known monitoring wells solely screened in the Springfield Plateau aquifer besides the dedicated observation well at Pittsburg, Kansas.  The Ozark Plateau Water Level Charts show the water levels available.