Selected coal-related ground-water data, Wasatch Plateau-Book Cliffs Area, Utah. Utah hydrologic-data report No. 32

Technical Report · Mon Jan 01 00:00:00 EST 1979

OSTI ID:5677424

Sumsion, C T

The Wasatch Plateau-Book Cliffs area as used in this report consists of about 8000 square miles in east-central Utah. The major geographic features included in the area are the Wasatch Plateau, Book Cliffs, San Rafael Swell, Price River basin, and a small part of the Green River basin (pl. 1). The area is defined by approximate drainage-divide boundaries in the Wasatch Plateau and Book Cliffs, by an arbitrary boundary on the south, and by the Utah-Colorado State line on the east. The Wasatch Plateau-Book Cliffs area includes all the operating coal mines in Utah in 1978. Annual coal production in the area is expected to increase from the current (1978) rate of about 8 million tons to as much as 30 million tons within the next 10 years (J.W. Moffitt, US Geological Survey, oral commun., 1978). Ground water is an important source of water supply in the area. As mining increases and mining-related municipalities grow, many sources of ground-water supply may be subjected to increased demands and possibly degradation of chemical quality. Waddell, Vickers, Upton, and Contratto (1978) reported some ground-water data after a reconnaissance of part of the area. The purpose of this report, which was prepared in cooperation with the US Bureau of Land Management, is to present a more detailed compilation of ground-water-related data that were collected and compiled during October 1976 to March 1978. The report is designed to make the data available in an orderly and usable form for local and regional water managers and other users of water data.

• Research Organization: Geological Survey, Salt Lake City, UT (USA)
• OSTI ID: 5677424
• Report Number(s): USGS-OFR-79-915; ON: DE84900190
• Resource Relation: Other Information: Portions are illegible in microfiche products
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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