Ground Water Flow Systems in the Central Wasatch Range, Utah
Title | Ground Water Flow Systems in the Central Wasatch Range, Utah PDF eBook |
Author | M. D. Loucks |
Publisher | |
Pages | 116 |
Release | 1992 |
Genre | Groundwater |
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Ground Water in Utah's Densely Populated Wasatch Front Area
Title | Ground Water in Utah's Densely Populated Wasatch Front Area PDF eBook |
Author | Don Price |
Publisher | |
Pages | 84 |
Release | 1985 |
Genre | Groundwater |
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Hydrogeology of Recharge Areas and Water Quality of the Principal Aquifers Along the Wasatch Front and Adjacent Areas, Utah
Title | Hydrogeology of Recharge Areas and Water Quality of the Principal Aquifers Along the Wasatch Front and Adjacent Areas, Utah PDF eBook |
Author | Paul Bradley Anderson |
Publisher | |
Pages | 86 |
Release | 1994 |
Genre | Groundwater |
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Hydrogeologic Studies and Groundwater Monitoring in Snake Valley and Adjacent Hydrographic Areas, West-central Utah and East-central Nevada: report (304 pages), 4 Plates, Appendices and data tables
Title | Hydrogeologic Studies and Groundwater Monitoring in Snake Valley and Adjacent Hydrographic Areas, West-central Utah and East-central Nevada: report (304 pages), 4 Plates, Appendices and data tables PDF eBook |
Author | Hugh A. Hurlow |
Publisher | Utah Geological Survey |
Pages | 304 |
Release | 2015-02-01 |
Genre | Science |
ISBN | 155791902X |
This report (269 pages, 4 plates) presents hydrogeologic, groundwater-monitoring, and hydrochemical studies by the Utah Geological Survey (UGS) in Snake Valley, Tule Valley, and Fish Springs Flat in Millard and Juab Counties, west-central Utah. Data From the newly established UGS groundwater-monitoring network establish current baseline conditions, and will help quantify the effects of future variations in climate and groundwater pumping. New hydrochemical data show that groundwater quality is generally good, major-solute chemistry varies systematically from recharge to discharge areas, and suggest that most groundwater was recharged over one thousand years ago, implying low recharge rates and/or long or slow flow paths. Two aquifer tests yield estimates of transmissivity and storativity for the carbonate-rock and basin-fill aquifers. Variations in the potentiometric surface, hydrogeology, and hydrochemistry are consistent with the hypothesis of regional groundwater flow from Snake Valley northeast to Tule Valley and Fish Springs. Collectively, our work delineates groundwater levels, flow, and chemistry in Snake Valley and adjacent basins to a much greater degree than previously possible, and emphasizes the sensitivity of the groundwater system to possible increases in groundwater pumping.
Regional groundwater flow and water quality in the Virgin River Basin and surrounding areas, Utah and Arizona
Title | Regional groundwater flow and water quality in the Virgin River Basin and surrounding areas, Utah and Arizona PDF eBook |
Author | Paul Inkenbrandt |
Publisher | Utah Geological Survey |
Pages | 58 |
Release | 2013-12-17 |
Genre | Aquifer storage recovery |
ISBN | 155791883X |
In this 46-page report, we characterized the deep aquifer system and its connections to the overlying aquifers in the area of the Hurricane fault in Washington County by examining well logs, creating regional potentiometric-surface maps, compiling groundwater quality data, conducting gravity surveys, examining remote sensing data for surface lineaments, and determining areas for potential monitoring wells. Results of the study were: (1) R and C aquifer groundwater depths are > 500 feet in the I-15 corridor area, (2) a groundwater divide likely exists south of the Utah-Arizona state line, (3) groundwater flow follows open fracture systems, (4) fracture conductivity is highest near the fault, (5) dissolution of evaporites increase groundwater TDS, and (6) a well should be drilled into the Hurricane fault near Pintura.
Description and Hydrologic Analysis of Two Small Watersheds in Utah's Wasatch Mountains
Title | Description and Hydrologic Analysis of Two Small Watersheds in Utah's Wasatch Mountains PDF eBook |
Author | Robert S. Johnston |
Publisher | |
Pages | 64 |
Release | 1972 |
Genre | Groundwater |
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Hydrogeology and Simulation of Groundwater Flow in Cedar Valley, Utah County, Utah
Title | Hydrogeology and Simulation of Groundwater Flow in Cedar Valley, Utah County, Utah PDF eBook |
Author | Juliette Lucy Jordan |
Publisher | Utah Geological Survey |
Pages | 231 |
Release | 2012 |
Genre | Aquifers |
ISBN | 1557918686 |
This CD contains a 125-page comprehensive study of the hydrogeology of Cedar Valley, Utah County, located in north-central Utah. The report includes 72 figures; two plates, one of which is a potentiometric map of the basin-fill, bedrock, and several perched aquifers; and seven appendices of data. Field investigations included groundwater chemistry sampling, regular water-level monitoring, and multiple-well aquifer testing. The field data were incorporated into a 3D digital groundwater flow model using MODFLOW2000. Seventy percent of the recharge to the Cedar Valley aquifer system is from precipitation in the Oquirrh Mountains. Groundwater generally flows from west to east and exits the aquifer system mostly as interbasin flow through bedrock to the northeast and southeast. The groundwater model showed a 39-year (1969-2007) average recharge to the Cedar Valley groundwater system of 25,600 acre-feet per year and discharge of 25,200 acre-feet per year. A significant volume of precipitation recharge (perhaps 4300 acre-feet per year) does not interact with the basin-fill aquifer but travels within bedrock to discharge to adjacent valleys or as bedrock well discharge. 125 pages + 2 plates