WelNet monitors changes in groundwater systems that are caused by pumping, agricultural methods, and local precipitation. The impact of pumping and agriculture is accelerating and pressure on the groundwater resource is intensifying. Hydrogeologists need data to confirm these changes, and make recommendations to adapt to them. While some exciting new information sources, like NASA GRACE satellite program, have become available, data resolution, and therefore local response, remains low. In groundwater models, the software estimates that groundwater decision-makers rely on, but they often lack the level of detail necessary to act locally. This is because satellites can not pinpoint risk (nor should they), and on-the-ground data acquisition methods are too expensive or complex to be substantially deployed. Hydrogeologists must extrapolate between two distant data points or apply generalities when specifics are required when data are lacking. How can science support a decision to limit permits, when data on groundwater conditions are scarce? Wellntel systems fill the gaps in distance and time while adding an important third dimension, the possibility of democratizing groundwater science and care... meaning being able to obtain and use all existing water wells in an area to remotely gain the needed groundwater data, i.e., the elevation of the water table or, if the well is screened in a confined aquifer, the elevation of the potentiometric surface.
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