Skip to main content
U.S. flag

An official website of the United States government

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.

Filter Total Items: 906

Geological Survey research 1967, Chapter B

This collection of 49 short papers is the first published chapter of "Geological Survey Research 1967." The papers report on scientific and economic results of current work. by members of the Geologic, Topographic, and Water Resources Divisions of the U.S. Geological Survey.
Authors

Causes of fluctuations in the rate of discharge of Clear Lake Springs, Millard County, Utah

The Clear Lake Springs in southeastern Millard County are the source of water for the maintenance of the Clear Lakes Migratory Waterfowl Refuge. Seasonal declines in the rate of discharge were noted during 1959-60.Fluctuations in the flow of Clear Lake Springs are caused both by natural variations in the quantity of recharge and by variations in the quantity of water pumped from an increasing numb
Authors
R. W. Mower

Ground-water conditions and geologic reconnaissance of the Upper Sevier River basin, Utah

The upper Sevier River basin is in south-central Utah and includes an area of about 2,400 .square miles of high plateaus and valleys. It comprises the entire Sevier River drainage basin above Kingston, including the East Fork Sevier River and its tributaries. The basin was investigated to determine general ground-water conditions, the interrelation of ground water and surface water, the effects of
Authors
Carl H. Carpenter, Gerald B. Robinson, Louis Jay Bjorklund

Developing a state water plan: Ground-water conditions in Utah, spring of 1966

This report is the third in a series of annual reports that describe ground-water conditions in Utah. Reports in this series are prepared cooperatively by the U.S. Geological Survey and the Utah Water and Power Board and are designed to provide data to enable interested parties such as legislators, administrators, and planners to keep abreast of changing ground-water conditions.This report, like t
Authors
J. W. Hood, L. R. Herbert, R.G. Butler, R. W. Mower, A.H. Handy, R.M. Cordova, R.D. Feltis, L.J. Bjorklund, G.B. Jr. Robinson, G. W. Sandberg

Bibliography of U.S. Geological Survey water-resources reports for Utah

This bibliography contains a complete listing to December 1966 of reports relating to the water resources of Utah prepared by personnel of the U.S. Geological Survey. Discussions of the related subjects of geology, hydrology, and chemical quality of the water are included in many of the reports. The reports were, for the most part, prepared by personnel assigned to the Water Resources Division, Ut

Water from bedrock in the Colorado Plateau of Utah

The bedrock aquifers in the Colorado Plateau of Utah supply water that ranges widely in chemical quality and yield. The range of dissolved solids in 649 samples collected from 534 wells, springs, and water-yielding mine tunnels was from less than 100 to more than 390.000 ppm (parts per million). The yield of wells ranged from less than 1 to 54,000 barrels of water per day (less than 1 to 1,600 gal
Authors
R.D. Feltis

Ground-water resources of selected basins in southwestern Utah

The purpose of this investigation was to correlate the results of past studies in parts of five developed basins in southwestern Utah and to give a unified concept of ground-water conditions in the entire area. The area of investigation comprises about 3,600 square miles in Washington, Iron, Beaver, and Millard Counties, including the five developed basins - Beaver, Cedar City, and Parowan Valleys
Authors
G. W. Sandberg

Temperature of surface waters in the conterminous United States

Temperature is probably the most important, but least discussed, parameter in determining water quality. The purpose of this report is to present the average or most probable temperatures of surface waters in the conterminous United States and to cite factors that affect and are affected by water temperature. Temperature is related, usually directly, to all the chemical, physical, and biological p
Authors
James F. Blakey

Annual runoff in the conterminous United States

Runoff is that part of precipitation that appears as a flow of water in surface streams. As a source of water for modern society, it constitutes one of our basic renewable resources. This map of average annual runoff portrays the latest information on the geographic distribution of the average runoff of surface streams.
Authors
Mark W. Busby

Geological Survey Research 1966, Chapter D

This collection of 44 short papers is the third published chapter of "Geological Survey Research 1966." The papers report on scientific and .economic results of current work by members of the Conservation, Geologic, and Water Resources Divisions of the U.S. Geological Survey.
Authors

Lake Bonneville: Geology and hydrology of the Weber Delta district, including Ogden, Utah

A cooperative investigation to determine the geology of the Weber Delta district, with emphasis on the occurrence and chemical quality of ground water, was made by the U.S. Geological Survey and the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation with the later assistance of the Utah State Engineer in the final preparation of the report. The Weber Delta district covers an area of almost 400 square miles between the Wa
Authors
John Henry Frederick Feth, D.A. Barker, L.G. Moore, Randy J. Brown, C.E. Veirs