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Show 3 0 UNDERGROUND WATER IN VALLEYS OF UTAH. of sand and gravel, ranging from a few inches to a hundred feet or more and separated by varying thicknesses of clay, are encountered, water being commonly found in each porous . deposit. Because of the prevailing inclination of the deposits away from the mountains, and of the presence of relatively impervious beds of clay above more porous sand and gravel, the contained water is under pressure. In the lowland areas this pressure is sufficient to cause the deep- seated water, when it is reached in a well, to rise and flow at the surface, and consequently artesian water is an important source of supply. Above the lowlands, where the surface elevation is too great for a flow to occur at the surface, the water rises in deep wells to a greater or less height according to the amount of pressure. QUALITY OF TJKDERGROTJND WATER. The accompanying analyses, gathered from a number of sources and reduced to common terms, illustrate the character of the water in the valleys of Utah Lake and Jordan River. Analyses of water from streams and springs in valleys of Utah Lake and Jordan River. a [ Parts per million.] No. Source a n d d a t e . Ca. CREEKS. City, Dec., 1882. R e d B u t t e, D e c , 1882 E m i g r a t i o n , D e c , 1882 Parleys, Dec, 1882 Big C o t t o n - wood, Oct., 1884 L i t t l e Cottonwood, Oct., 1884 Dry C o t t o n wood American F o r k. Payson Santaquin Currant Warm EIVESS. Provo Spanish F o r k . .. J o r d a n : U t a h Lake ( outlet), 1899. Salt L a k e Citv ( near), 1899. WARM SPRINGS. Salt Lake City, Oct., 1881... Beck's ( h o t ) .. Sandy ( 8 mi. s.), Mar. 1882 UTAH LAKE. 1883. 1904 Mg. 55. 3 101.0 17.5 17.0 45.0 12.0 12.0 47.0 114.0 51.0 68.0 67.6 111.8 535.2 694.3 55.8 67.0 18.9 31.3; 31/ 6 22.5; 18.9 8.2 27.0 24.0 17.0 31.0 54.0 48.0 29.0 36.0 13.8 13.7 138.4 109.5 18.6 86.0 2.6 25.6 18.1 31.5 Trace. 5.9 15.0 4.0 22.0 31.0 89.0 381.0 28.0 46.0 233.7 251.1 3,039.0 3,754.9 17.7 230.0 24.3 Trace 9.9 2.6 8.6 1.7 14.0 10.0 3.0 5.0 44.0 92.0 22.0 17.0 A^ OsFeaOsSiOj. S04 . HC03J COs 2.0 3.3 2.6 1.8 1.6 1.3 178.0 196.9 55.0 2.0 22.0 0.7 9.0L. 19.9 35.2 24.4 27.2 12.6 39.9 21.3 31.5 10.0 28.0 7.3 100.6 126.2 56.5 42.1 12.3 34.0 42.0 32.0 33.0 115.0 114.0 44.0 64.0 95.1 108.8 102.7 122.1 63.6 32.2 1 2 1 . 0 . . . 145. Ol... 121.0] 14.0 212.0 14.0 181.0 15.0 333.0 28.0 205.0 277.0 236.7; 23.7 334.5 Trace 787.5 840.5 442.9 204.5 19.5 22.9 28.6 19.7 7.9 2.8 - 14. C Trace. 211.0 703.0 28.0 28.0 316.5 378.9 Total. 244.9 416.5 445.1 369.0 203.4 121.8 242.0 270.0 221.0 338.0 756.0 1,813.0 397.0 536.0 894.0 1,090.0 4,968.010,284.0 6,743.812,584.9 1,658.0 130.6 60.9 12.41 308.0 378.0. 194.0 11.0| 337. o' 1,353.0 a AUTHORITIES.- NOS. 1- 5, 17, 19, Kingsbury, J . T. Nos. 6- 14, Soil survey of the Provo area, U t a h: Bureau of Soils U. S. Dep/ t. A g r i c , 1904, p . 22. Nos. 15, 20, a n d 21, Cameron, F. K. Water of Utah Lake: Jour. Am. Chem. S o c , vol. 37, No. 2, 1905. No. 16, ibid., Rept. No. 64 U. S. Dept. Agric. No. 18, R i g g s . R . B . , Bull. U . S . G e o l . S u r v e y No. 42,1887, p . 148. No. 20, Clarke, F . W . No. 21, Brown, R . E . |
