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The ground-water system and simulated effects of ground-water withdrawals in northern Utah Valley, Utah

Water-Resources Investigations Report 85-4007
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https://doi.org/10.3133/wri854007

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Abstract

The effects of withdrawals from the principal ground-water reservoir in northern Utah Valley, Utah, were projected by means of a three-dimensional, finite-difference, digital-computer model, which was constructed to study and simulate the ground-water system. The model was calibrated against (1) water levels measured in 1947, which were assumed to represent steady-state conditions; (2) observed water-level changes from 1947-83 for transient-state conditions; and (3) the results of an aquifer test. The calibrated model was used to simulate varying quantities of ground-water withdrawal and recharge and to estimate water-level changes for 1980-2000. The average annual rate of recharge for the area is assumed to be 190,000 acre-feet per year, and the average annual discharge from wells at the end of transient-state calibration was assumed to be 50 ,100 acre-feet per year. Water-level declines of as much as 25 feet are projected for the 20-year period if the average recharge rate is assumed and the discharge from wells is as much as 91,400 acre-feet per year. During transient-state calibration , changes in recharge to the principal ground-water reservoir were shown to be a major cause of the variations in water levels. (USGS)

Suggested Citation

Clark, D., 1984, The ground-water system and simulated effects of ground-water withdrawals in northern Utah Valley, Utah: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources Investigations Report 85-4007, vi, 56 p. :ill., maps ;28 cm., https://doi.org/10.3133/wri854007.

Publication type Report
Publication Subtype USGS Numbered Series
Title The ground-water system and simulated effects of ground-water withdrawals in northern Utah Valley, Utah
Series title Water-Resources Investigations Report
Series number 85-4007
DOI 10.3133/wri854007
Year Published 1984
Language ENGLISH
Publisher U.S. Geological Survey, Water Resources Division,
Description vi, 56 p. :ill., maps ;28 cm.
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