Montana bureau of mines and geologyproject title: montana bureau of mines and geology 2023-2025 - persistent data services, fort peck well drilling, and transducer replacement upgradesproject…

Montana bureau of mines and geologyproject title: montana bureau of mines and geology 2023-2025 - persistent data services, fort peck well drilling, and transducer replacement upgradesproject period: 07 01 2023 through 06 30 2025THE montana bureau of mines and geology (mbmg) is a current water-level and water quality network data provider. This project is to support flow of the districts data to the national ground-water monitoring network (ngwmn) and to enhance the data collected by the provider for the ngwmn. During this project the mbmg will provide persistent data services for two years to ensure that their data continues to flow the ngwmn data portal and that metadata for network sites are up to date. They will also drill three new wells to fill gaps in the ngwmn and replace or upgrade pressure transducers at 15 wells. As part of the project the mbmg will: 1) deliver a project status report after one year of work, 2) keep the ngwmn monitoring location registry up to date with latest site metadata, 3) ensure that web services for the ngwmn continue to deliver data to the data portal, 4) add the newly drilled wells to the ngwmn, and 5) produce a final report documenting all work accomplished during the project. The beneficiaries of the work will be the: montana bureau of mines and geology, water users within montana, and users of the national ground-water monitoring network. In addition to work performed by mbmg staff, some of the project funds are for subrecipients. Work to drill the new wells will be contracted to a licensed water well contractor.