Publications
The majority of publications in this section address water resources in Utah or in bordering states. Some of the publications are included because one or more of the authors work at the Utah Water Science Center but have provided expertise to studies in other geographic areas.
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Determination of total evapotranspiration in Ashley Valley, Utah, by the inflow-outflow method
No abstract available.
Authors
H. E. Thomas, M. T. Wilson
Status of development of selected ground-water basins in Utah
This technical publication consists essentially of abstracts of more detailed reports which have been published. Reference to existing reports are given in the text and in the bibliography, page 114.
Authors
H. E. Thomas, W.B. Nelson, B. E. Lofgren, R.G. Butler
The industrial utility of public water supplies in the Mountain States, 1952
The location of industrial plants is dependent on an ample water supply of suitable quality. Information relating to the chemical characteristics of the water supplies is not only essential to the location of many plants but also is an aid in the manufacture and distribution of many commodities.Public water supplies are utilized extensively as a source of supply for many industrial plants, used ei
Authors
E. W. Lohr, C. S. Howard, R.T. Kiser, J. D. Hem, H. A. Swenson
Hydrologic reconnaissance of the Green River in Utah and Colorado
The Green River, rising in Wyoming and draining high mountains in that state, northeast Utah and northwest Colorado, is a major tributary of the Colorado River. In the late summer, after the snow has melted from these mountains, the flow in the Green River reaches its minimum for the year. At that time a large proportion of the water in the river is returned to the atmosphere by evaporation and tr
Authors
H. E. Thomas
Estimated use of water in the United States - 1950
An estimated 170,000 million gallons of water was withdrawn from the ground, lakes, or streams each day on the average during 1950 and used on the farms and in the homes, factories, and business establishments of the United States. An additional 1,100,000 million gallons per day was used to generate hydro-power. Water power is the largest user of water; however, irrigation and industry also are la
Authors
Kenneth Allen MacKichan
The water situation in the United States with special reference to ground water
This report constitutes appendixes B and C of a report prepared in April 1950 by the Geological Survey at the request of the President’s Water Resources Policy Commission. The full report was entitled "Water facts in relation to a national water-resources policy.” The brief text, entitled "Water in relation to the national economy,” and appendix A, entitled "A summary of the water situation in th
Authors
Charles Lee McGuinness
Progress report on ground-water investigation in Ashley Valley, Uintah County, Utah
No abstract available.
Authors
W.B. Nelson, B. E. Lofgren
Ground water in the Escalante Valley, Beaver, Iron, and Washington Counties, Utah
Escalante Valley in southwestern Utah is one of the largest and most important ground-water areas of the State, with 1,300 square miles of arid land and an additional 1,500 square miles in its tributary drainage basin. Ground water is obtained from gravel and sand beds in the unconsolidated valley fill. In 1950 more irrigation wells were pumped than in any other basin of Utah, and their total pump
Authors
Philip F. Fix, W.B. Nelson, B. E. Lofgren, R.G. Butler
Water-supply investigation at Navajo Mountain, Navajo Indian Reservation, San Juan County, Utah
No abstract available.
Authors
S.C. Brown, L.C. Halpenny, H.A. Whitcomb