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Show CONTENTS Page Abstract 1 Introduction 4 Climate 5 Physiography and geology 8 Surface waters 14 Ground- water conditions 16 General conditions 16 Artesian reservoir 16 Area of artesian flow 17 Piezometric surface 18 Ground- water recharge 19 General conditions 19 Recharge from precipitation 19 Recharge by seepage from irrigation canals 22 Recharge by seepage from irrigated lands 23 Recharge by seepage from stream channels 24 Little Cottonwood Creek 24 Big Cottonwood Creek 26 Neffs Canyon Creek 27 Mill Creek 28 Parleys Creek 28 Emigration, Red Butte, and City Creeks 29 Summary of ground- water recharge 29 Ground- water discharge 39 General conditions 30 Nonthermal springs 30 Thermal springs 35 Discharge by evaporation and transpiration 41 Gain in flow in tributaries to the Jordan River 41 Gain in flow in the Jordan River, exclusive of tributaries 42 Discharge from wells 44 Estimate of the total ground- water discharge 45 Quality of water 46 General character ^ 46 Total dissolved solids 46 Chloride 47 Fluoride 55 Hardness 56 Water for irrigation 56 Types of water in the Jordan Valley 57 Temperature of ground water 61 Fluctuations of water level and artesian pressure 62 Characteristics by districts 62 Fluctuations caused by recharge 70 Fluctuations caused by changes of atmospheric pressure 71 Fluctuations caused by earthquakes 76 in |
