Water Resources
Life After Dead Pool
Award-winning journalist Zak Podmore brings to life the magnificent terrain and complex politics of the Colorado River, its dying reservoirs—and the surprising revelation that the inevitable loss of Lake Powell could be a turning point for more a sustainable future....
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Geohydrology and Numerical Simulation of Groundwater Flow in the Central Virgin River Basin of Iron and Washington Counties, Utah (TP-116 OFP)
By: V.M. Heilweil, G.W. Freethey, C.D. Wilkowske, B.J. Stolp, and D.E. Wilberg Because rapid growth of communities in Washington and Iron Counties, Utah, is expected to cause an increase in the future demand for water resources, a hydrologic investigation was...
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Geology and Water Resources of the Spanish Valley Area, Grand and San Juan Counties, Utah (TP-32)
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Geology and Water Resources of the Spanish Valley Area, Grand and San Juan Counties, Utah (TP-32)
By: C. T. Sumsion The Spanish Valley area covers about 144 square miles on the western slopes of the La Sal Mountains in southeastern Utah; within it, Spanish Valley comprises about 18 square miles. Altitudes of land surface within the...
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Ground-water resources and simulated effects of withdrawals in the East Shore area of Great Salt Lake, Utah (TP-93)
By: David W. Clark, Cynthia L. Appel, Patrick M. Lambert, and Robert L. Puryear The ground-water resources in the East Shore area of Great Salt Lake, Utah, were studied to better define the ground-water system; to document changes in ground-water...
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Hydrology of Cache Valley, Cache County, Utah, and adjacent part of Idaho, with emphasis on simulation of ground-water flow (TP-108)
A hydrologic investigation of Cache Valley was done to better understand the ground-water system in unconsolidated basin-fill deposits and the interaction between ground water and surface water. Ground-water recharge occurs by infiltration of precipitation and unconsumed irrigation water, seepage from...
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Ground-water resources and simulated effects of withdrawals in the Bountiful Area, Utah (TP-95)
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Ground-water resources and simulated effects of withdrawals in the Bountiful Area, Utah (TP-95)
Ground-water resources in the Bountiful area, Utah, were studied to document changes in ground-water conditions and to simulate the effects of increased ground-water withdrawals and changes in recharge. The aquifer system is in basin-fill deposits and is primarily a confined...
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Ground Water Conditions in Utah: Spring of 2007 (CIR-48)
By: C.B. Burden & Others This is the forty-fourth in a series of annual reports that describe ground-water conditions in Utah. Reports in this series, published cooperatively by the U.S. Geological Survey and the Utah Department of Natural Resources, Division...
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Opportunity for Improved Wetland Mitigation in Utah - In-Lieu Fee Mitigation Potential in Utah (OFR-755)
By: Diane Menuz and Rebekah Downard Wetlands in Utah are regulated primarily by the federal government under the Clean Water Act (CWA), which requires mitigation to replace ecological services that are lost to permitted activities. This report explores the potential...
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National Wetland Inventory Report for the Provo River, Utah (OFR-755)
By: Peter Goodwin and Elisabeth Stimmel This report summarizes a recently completed mapping project along the Provo River that covers nearly 33,800 acres of Wasatch and Summit Counties and includes parts of Heber City, Midway, Francis, and Woodland. This project...
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Spring, River, and Lake Water Analyses from the Great Salt Lake Basin, Northern Utah (OFR-745)
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Spring, River, and Lake Water Analyses from the Great Salt Lake Basin, Northern Utah (OFR-745)
By Lauren Bunce, Tim Lowenstein, and Elliot Jagniecki Summary This report and accompanying database is a compilation of major and minor ion chemistry data from spring, river, and lake water samples collected in and around Great Salt Lake (GSL), northern...
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Delineation of drinking water source protection zones for the Day Star Adventist Academy public-water-supply well, Grand County, Utah (RI-262)
By: C. E. Bishop The Day Star Adventist Academy operates a well to supply potable water for consumptive use by its students, staff, and facilities. The well was drilled in the mid-1950s in lower Castle Valley, Grand County, Utah. To...
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Delineation of drinking water source protection zones for the Monte Verde public water supply well, Morgan County, Utah (RI-249)
C. E. Bishop The Monte Verde public water system operates a single well to supply potable water for consumptive use by the Monte Verde subdivision in the community of Mountain Green. The well is in western Morgan Valley, near the...
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Delineation of drinking water source protection zones for Covered Bridge Canyon public water supply well, Utah County, Utah (RI-247)
By: C. E. Bishop The Covered Bridge Canyon Water Association operates a well to supply potable water for consumptive use for the subdivision of Covered Bridge Canyon. The well is in Pole Canyon, a tributary to Spanish Fork Canyon, in...
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Delineation of drinking water source protection zones for Water System Canyon Spring, a public-water supply spring, Iron County, Utah (RI-246)
By: C. E. Bishop This study delineates drinking-water-source-protection zones for Water System Canyon Spring, which is used by the Paragonah Municipal Water System as a source of drinking water for the town of Paragonah. The spring is in Water System...
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Delineation of drinking water source protection zones for Warm Spring, a public-water-supply spring, Iron County, Utah (RI-245)
By: C. E. Bishop This study delineates drinking-water-source-protection zones for Warm Spring, which is used by the Paragonah Municipal Water System as a source of drinking water for the town of Paragonah. The spring is in Red Creek Canyon on...
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Delineation of drinking water source protection zones for the Newcastle public water supply well, Iron County, Utah (RI-243)
By: C. E. Bishop The Newcastle Water Company (NWC) operates a single well to supply potable water for consumption and use by the town of Newcastle. To protect this well from contamination and to comply with Utah's Drinking Water Source...
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Potential mineral precipitation and water compatibilities related to the Drunkards Wash project, Carbon County, Utah (RI-241)
By: J. W. Gwynn River Gas Corporation produces approximately 36,000 barrels per day of saline water from the Ferron Sandstone Member of the Mancos Shale as part of its Drunkards Wash coalbed-methane recovery project. Most of the sodium-bicarbonate-chloride produced water...
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Delineation of drinking water source protection zones for the Green Hills Country Estates well 02, Weber County, Utah (RI-240)
By: C. E. Bishop and M. Lowe This report describes the delineation of drinking-water-source-protection zones for a public-water-supply well owned by the Green Hills Country Estates Water Company. Public water suppliers in Utah are required by Utah?s Drinking Water Source...
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Geologic evaluation of a proposed regional wastewater treatment plant site, Washington County, Utah (RI-206)
By: W. R. Lund and W. F. Case This report presents the results of a geologic investigation at the site proposed for construction of a regional wastewater treatment plant in southwestern Washington County, Utah. The purpose of the investigation was...
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Geologic evaluation of five culinary water facilities and settlement canyon dam for Tooele City, Tooele County, Utah (RI-187)
By: W. R. Lund This report presents the results of an investigation of geologic conditions at five culinary water facilities maintained by Tooele City Corporation and at Settlement Canyon Dam and reservoir. The facilities include four concrete water tanks and...
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Temperature profiles of water monitoring wells in Snake Valley, Tule Valley, and Fish Springs Flat, Millard and Juab Counties, Utah (OFR-578)
By: R. Blackett The Snake Valley Ground-Water Monitoring Well Project is located in west-central Utah and east-central Nevada. The study region is a north-south trending hydrologic basin straddling the Nevada-Utah state line for 135 miles in the east-central part of...
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Snowmelt-induced ground-water fluctuations in selected northern Utah landslides ? preliminary results from the 2007-08 landslide water year (OFR-550)
By: F. X. Ashland The relationship between ground-water levels and late winter/early spring snowmelt was evaluated at selected northern Utah landslides where ground-water observation wells had previously been installed. The period of investigation between September 2007 and August 2008 was...
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Water-Resource Bulletins of the Utah Geological Survey, 1962 to 1987 (OFR-465)
This self-actuating CD contains 25 reports published from 1962 to 1987. Most of these reports are long out of print but have historical and scientific value still. The report in this publication are listed below:WRB-1 Water production from oil wells...
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Water resources of Millard County, Utah (OFR-447)
By: F. D. Davis This summary of the water resources of Millard County is designed to accompany Utah Geological Survey Bulletin 133, Geology of Millard County, Utah (Hintze and Davis, 2003). It provides a general overview of the surface- and...
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