Gabriola water observation wells
Driving along North Road, you’ve spotted that green box on one side of the Tunnel. But what on earth is it? I stopped to find out.
A sign on the box explains that it’s Well 197 in the Ground Water Observation Well Network. It adds that This instrument has been installed to collect hydrologic data to aid in the assessment of British Columbia’s water resources.
It also notes that we can see data from this well at this part of BC’s Ministry of Environment website. Well, cool. Thank you, sign-poster people.
Sure enough, we can see the Hydrograph of Observation Well No. 197 Sec 16 North Road Gabriola Island, B.C.
According to this watery website, the inside of the green box probably looks like this observation well equipped with a digital data logger and pressure transducer inside. But wait, the box could have a Stephens Chart Recorder instead, I guess.
Apparently the newer data for Gabriola wells is here, but you have to wade through a disclaimer and slow-loading frames to get to it. On that new area of the site I learned that Gabriola’s other water observation wells are:
- Observation Well 194: Highways Yard, North Road
- Observation Well 196: Buttercup Road
- Observation Well 316: Oyster Way
- Observation Well 317: Wild Cherry Terrace
Why those locations?
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