A piezometer is either a device used to measure liquid pressure in a system by measuring the height to which a column of the liquid rises against gravity, or a device which measures the pressure (more precisely, the Piezometric head) ofgroundwater at a specific point. A piezometer is designed to measure static pressures, and thus differs from a pitot tubeby not being pointed into the fluid flow.
Observation wells give some information on the water level in a formation, but must be read manually. Electrical pressuretransducers of several types can be read automatically, making data acquisition more convenient.
