Water Rights and Water Resources
Ground-Water Hydrology and Projected Effects of Ground-Water Withdrawals in the Sevier Desert, Utah (TP-79)
By: W. F. Holmes The principal ground-water reservoir in the Sevier Desert is the unconsolidated basin fill. The fill has been divided generally into aquifers and confining beds, although there are no clear-cut boundaries between these units--the primary aquifers are...
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Ground-Water Reconnaissance of the Central Weber River Area, Morgan and Summit Counties, Utah (TP-77)
By: J. S. Gates, J. I. Steiger, and R. T. Green Ground water occurs in unconsolidated alluvium and older semiconsolidated to consolidated rocks; it has been developed to a limited extent for public, industrial, and domestic use. Alluvium of Quaternary...
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Reconnaissance of the Quality of Surface Water in the Weber River Basin, Utah (TP-76)
By: K. R. Thompson This reconnaissance of the quality of surface water in the Weber River basin encompassed an area of 2,080 square miles. Elevations in the basin range from 4,210 to 11,708 feet. The water-distribution system on the Weber...
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Consumptive Use and Water Requirements for Utah (TP-75)
By: A. L. Huber, F. W. Haws, T. C. Hughes, J. M. Bagley, K. G Hubbard, and E. A. Richardson Reliable guides or standards for estimating water requirements are essential for the planning, design, and operation of any water using...
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Hydrology of the Beryl-Enterprise area, Escalante Desert, Utah, with emphasis on ground water; With a section on surface water (TP-73)
An investigation of the water resources of the Beryl-Enterprise area, Escalante Desert, Utah (pl. 1), was made during 1976-78 as part of a cooperative program with the Utah Department of Natural Resources, Division of Water Rights. Wells were the most...
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Reconnaissance of the Quality of Surface Water in the San Rafael River Basin, Utah (TP-72)
By: J. C. Mundorff and K. R. Thompson The water-quality reconnaissance of the San Rafael River basin, Utah, encompassed an area of about 2,300 square miles. Data were obtained by the U.S. Geological Survey one or more times at 116...
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Hydrologic Reconnaissance of the Southern Great Salt Lake Desert and Summary of the Hydrology of West-Central Utah (TP-71)
By: J. S. Gates and S. A. Kruer The southern Great Salt Lake Desert includes an area of about 2,600 square miles, more than 70 percent of which is barren, saline mudflats or salt flats. Great Salt Lake is the...
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Status of Development of Selected Ground-Water Basins in Utah (TP-7)
By: H. E. Thomas, W. B. Helson, B. E. Lofgren, and R. G. Butler Utah's ground-water law, which became effective on March 22, 1935, has its basis in certain statutes passed by the Utah Legislature during its 1935 session, with...
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Bedrock Aquifers in the Lower Dirty Devil River Basin Area, Utah, with Special Emphasis on the Navaho Sandstone (TP-68)
By: J. W. Hood and T. W. DanielsonThe lower Dirty Devil River basin area in southeastern Utah has an area of about 4,300 square miles and ranges in altitude from about 3,700 to more than 11,000 feet above mean sea...
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Seepage Study of the West Side and West Canals, Box Elder County, Utah (TP-67)
By: R. W. CruffA study of the gains or losses of the West Side and West Canals from Cutler Reservoir to near Penrose, Box Elder County, Utah, was made to aid in water allocation for the canal system. Four sets...
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Aquifer Tests of the Navajo Sandstone New Caineville, Wayne County, Utah (TP-66)
By: J. W. Hood and T. W. DanielsonGround water in the Navajo Sandstone near Caineville, Wayne County, Utah, was studied during 1975-77 as part of an investigation of water in bedrock in the lower Dirty Devil River basin area. The...
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Reconnaissance of Chemical Quality of Surface Water and Fluvial Sediment in the Dirty Devil River Basin, Utah (TP-65)
By: J. C. Mundorff The water-quality reconnaissance in the Dirty Devil River basin covered an area of about 4,300 square miles. Data sites were obtained by the U.S. Geological Survey one or more times at 104 during the period July...
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Hydrologic Reconnaissance of the Fish Springs Flat Area, Tooele, Juab, and Millard Counties, Utah (TP-64)
By: E. L. Bolke and C. T. SumsionThe Fish Springs Flat area includes about 590 square miles in western Utah. Total annual precipitation on the area averages about 7 inches and totals about 232,000 acre-feet. Fish Springs Wash is the...
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Hydrology of the Beaver Valley Area, Beaver County, Utah with Emphasis on Ground Water (TP-63)
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Hydrology of the Beaver Valley Area, Beaver County, Utah with Emphasis on Ground Water (TP-63)
By: R. W. Mower Beaver Valley includes 534 square miles in southwestern Utah, in the Basin and Range physiographic province. The project area consists of a valley plain underlain by unconsolidated to partly consolidated material. The valley plain is bounded...
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Ground-Water Conditions in the Navajo Sandstone in the Central Virgin River Basin, Utah (TP-61)
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Ground-Water Conditions in the Navajo Sandstone in the Central Virgin River Basin, Utah (TP-61)
By: R. M. Cordova The central Virgin River basin, Utah, includes about 1,000 square miles in the drainage basin of the Virgin River downstream from the Hurricane Cliffs. The Navajo Sandstone crops out in 234 square miles of the basin...
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Hydrologic Evaluation of the Upper Duchesne River Valley, Northern Uinta Basin Area, Utah (TP-57)
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Hydrologic Evaluation of the Upper Duchesne River Valley, Northern Uinta Basin Area, Utah (TP-57)
By: J. W. Hood The upper Duchesne River valley was studied during 1971-74 as part of an investigation of the northern Uinta Basin area, Utah and Colorado. The purpose of the study was to determine the relation of ground water...
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Hydrologic Reconnaissance of the Tule Valley Drainage Basin, Juab and Millard Counties, Utah (TP-56)
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Hydrologic Reconnaissance of the Tule Valley Drainage Basin, Juab and Millard Counties, Utah (TP-56)
By: J. C. Stephens The Tule Valley drainage basin is an area of about 940 square miles in Juab and Millard Counties in west-central Utah. Precipitation in the basin averages about 8 inches annually. There is no surface outflow and...
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Reconnaissance of Water Quality in the Duchesne River Basin and Some Adjacent Drainage Areas, Utah (TP-55)
By: J. C. Mundorff A water-quality reconnaissance in the Duchesne River basin and some adjacent drainage areas covered an area of about 4,400 square miles - about 4,000 square miles in the Duchesne River basin and the remainder in the...
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Hydrologic Evaluation of Ashley Valley, Northern Uinta Basin Area, Utah (TP-54)
By: J. W. HoodThe water resources of the northern Uinta Basin, Utah and Colorado, were studied during 1971-74. Ashley Valley was evaluated in slightly greater detail than the general area, in order to assess the general relation of ground- and...
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Seepage Study of Canals in Beaver Valley, Beaver County, Utah (TP-52)
By: R. W. Cruff and R. W. Mower A study of the gains or losses of nine canals near Beaver, Utah, was made to aid in the water allocation of the canal systems. The canals included in this study are...
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Seepage Study of the Rocky Point Canal and the Grey Mountain-Pleasant Valley Canal Systems, Duchesne County, Utah (TP-50)
By: R. W. Cruff and J. W. HoodThis report describes the study of the Rocky Point Canal system in the vicinity of Duchesne and the Grey Mountain-Pleasant Valley Canal system between Duchesne and Myton, in the Uinta Basin, Duchesne County,...
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Estimating Mean Streamflow in the Duchesne River Basin, Utah (TP-48)
By: R. W. Cruff The Duchesne River basin covers approximately 4,000 square miles in northeastern Utah, and discharge from the basin is into the Green River at Ouray. About 85 percent of the Duchesne River basin is included in four...
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Water-Quality Reconnaissance of Surface Inflow to Utah Lake (TP-46)
By: J. C. Mundorff The water-quality reconnaissance in the drainage basin of Utah Lake covered an area of about 2,180 square miles, mostly in Wasatch and Utah Counties, Utah. About 685 square miles are in the Provo River drainage, about...
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Water Resources of the Curlew Valley Drainage Basin, Utah and Idaho (TP-45)
By: C. H. Baker, Jr The Curlew Valley drainage basin covers about 1,200 square miles in northern Utah and southern Idaho. Locomotive Springs are in the southern end of the basin. Runoff in this semiarid region is scanty, and the...
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