In March 2017, piezometer construction began in the Koka Plain, the lowland GroFutures Observatory site in the Upper Awash Basin. A piezometer array comprising a transect of 3 shallow (~20 m depth) piezometers has been completed using traditional, manual drilling techniques. Completed piezometers have been installed with a 4-inch casing and feature screen lengths of 9 to 10 m at depths of ~10 m below ground. Lithological samples have been collected at every observed change in lithology during drilling. Each monitoring piezometer is “double capped” in an effort to inhibit tampering or vandalism. Work is expected to start shortly on…