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Cedar Valley, located in the eastern part of Iron
County in southwestern Utah, is experiencing rapid population growth. Cedar Valley traditionally has supported agriculture, but the growing population needs a larger share of the available water...
2024-05-05
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This report contains the major findings of a 1998-2001 assessment of water quality in the Great Salt Lake Basins.
2024-05-05
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The spatial distribution of metals in streambed
sediment and surface water of Silver Creek,
McLeod Creek, Kimball Creek, Spring Creek, and
part of the Weber River, near Park City, Utah, was
examined. From the mid-1800s through the 1970s, this...
2024-05-05
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The Great Salt Lake Basins, Utah, Idaho,
and Wyoming is 1 of 51 study units in the United
States where the status and trends of water quality, and the factors controlling water quality, are being studied by the National Water-Quality Assessment...
2024-05-05
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Residential and commercial development of
about 80 square miles that primarily replaced
undeveloped and agricultural areas occurred in
Salt Lake Valley, Utah, from 1963 to 1994. This
study evaluates the occurrence and distribution of
natural and...
2024-05-05
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This volume of the annual hydrologic data report of Utah is one of a series of annual reports that document hydrologic data gathered from the U.S. Geological Survey’s surface- and ground-water data-collection networks in each State, Puerto Rico,...
2024-05-05
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This is the forty-third 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 of
Water...
2024-05-05
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This short brochure explains what storm water is, where it goes, and how we can help maintain clean runoff.
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Drought in Utah is a common occurrence and has
given rise to various issues, from environmental to
societal stresses. This natural phenomenon brings
with it impacts that may take years to fully develop
and similarly years to recover from. Water in...
2007-04-01
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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 of Water...
2024-05-05
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During 2002 through 2004, the USGS in cooperation with the Utah Department of Natural Resources collected bathymetric data for the south part of the Great Salt Lake. These data were collected to better define the areal extent of a deep...
2005-09-01
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Mountain snow fields act as natural reservoirs for many western water-supply systems, storing precipitation from the cool season, when most precipitation falls and forms snowpacks, until the warm season when most or all snow-packs melt and release...
2005-03-01
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Sand Hollow, Utah, is the site of a surface-water
reservoir completed in March 2002, which is being
operated by the Washington County Water Conservancy District. The reservoir is an off-channel facility receiving water from the Virgin River,...
2024-05-05
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The purpose of this plan is to identify potential conservation and development projects and describe alternatives to satisfy the problems, needs and demands.
1993-05-05
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Throughout the United States increasing demands for safe drinking water and requirements to maintain healthy ecosystems are leading policy makers to ask complex social and scientific questions about how to assess and manage our water resources....
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The Jordan River Basin Plan will desseminate valuable water-related public information; encourage community and economic growth; provide opportunity for local, state and federal cooperation; identify water supplies and needs; and promote local...
1997-05-05
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This hydrologic basin plan will identify potential conservation and development projects and describe alternatives to satisfy the problems, needs and demands.
1993-05-05
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A multi-dimensional hydrodynamic model was
applied to aid in the assessment of the potential hazard posed to the uranium mill tailings near Moab, Utah, by flooding in the Colorado River as it flows through Moab Valley. Discharge estimates for the...
2024-05-05
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The carbonate-rock aquifer of the Great Basin is named for the thick sequence of Paleozoic limestone and dolomite with lesser amounts of shale, sandstone, and quartzite. It lies
primarily in the eastern half of the Great Basin and includes areas...
2024-05-05
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This report evaluates the performance of a numerical model of the ground-water system in northern Utah Valley, Utah, that originally simulated ground-water conditions during 1947–1980 and was updated to include conditions estimated for 1981–2002....
2024-05-05
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Unique bridge scour mitigation designs using concrete A-Jacks were developed by the Utah Department of Transportation and installed at the Colorado River Bridge at State Road 191 and the Green River Bridge at State Road 19. The U.S.
Geological...
2024-05-05
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Water-level and water-quality data in Lake Point, Tooele County, Utah, were collected during August 1999 through August 2003. Water levels in Lake Point generally declined about 1 to 2 feet from July 2001 to July 2003, likely because of...
2024-05-05
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This report documents the methods used in, and results of, an investigation to determine the amount of dissolved solids contributed to FGR from Lucerne Valley, South Valley, Antelope Hollow, and a portion of Henrys Fork near Manila,
Utah. The...
2007-06-01
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The release of methane gas from coal beds creates the potential for it to move into near-surface environments through natural and human-made pathways. To help ensure the safety
of communities and determine the potential effects of development of...
2024-05-05
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