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 age probably is the most important aquifer, although most wells also are completed in older rocks. Alluvium is as much as 200 feet thick in Morgan Valley, whereas other valleys along the Weber River probably have slightly lesser thicknesses of alluvium.

The purpose of this study was to obtain information on and describe recharge, movement, and discharge of ground water, hydraulic properties of aquifers, volumes of ground water in storage, the chemical quality of ground water, and the interrelations between ground and surface water. This information can be used by the Division of Water Rights to devise a policy on ground-water appropriations that is based on actual characteristics of the physical stream-aquifer system. The main emphasis of the study was on the saturated alluvium along the Weber River and in the downstream parts of tributary drainages. Less emphasis was placed on alluvium in upstream parts of the drainages and on water in consolidated rocks.

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Published: 1984
Pages: 70 p.
Plates: 5 pl.
Location: Morgan County and Summit County
Media Type: Paper Publication