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Show 58 Discharge to Great Salt Lake-- Hood ( 1971) calculates that about 1,000 acre- feet of water per year leaves Hansel Valley and discharge directly into Great Salt Lake. Chemical Quality of Groundwater-- Defining fresh water as water containing 1,000 mg/ 1 or less of dissolved solids, Hood ( 1971) states that the known and inferred areas in which fresh water may be obtained are in the northern Hansel Valley drainage basin and a narrow strip of land along the base of the North Promontory Mountains. In the rest of the area, probably including most of northern Rozel Flat, the groundwater ranges in chemical quality from slightly saline ( containing from 1,000 to 3,000 mg/ 1) to brine ( containing more than 35,000 mg/ 1). Water in Storage-- Hood ( 1971) reports that future development in much of Hansel Valley and northern Rozel Flat will probably be limited to the drilling of wells that supply saline water suitable for stock. It is possible that small supplies of water suitable for irrigation could be obtained along the edge of the North Promontory Mountains and in the northern part of Hansel Valley. However, water levels are deep and well yields are low in these areas. Promontory Mountains Area Groundwater The Promontory Mountains area includes the southern part of Rozel Flat, the Promontory Mountains and part of an area of low relief south of Highway U- 83 and west of Bear River Bay. Hood ( 1972) states that the groundwater is most uniformly available from rocks of Cenozoic age. The groundwater reservoir consists of unconsolidated to consolidated sedimentary rocks, however, groundwater also exists in the consolidated rocks of |
