Technical assistance to state and local governments

• Water-resource evaluations ranging from regional studies at basin-wide scales to siting of water wells
• Drinking-water-source-protection-area delineation for public water-supply-system wells and springs
• Ground-water-quality classification to provide a basis for enacting defendable regulations to protect water resources
• Recharge-area mapping for ground-water aquifers
• Water-quality evaluation to identify potential sources of contamination
• Septic-tank-system density/water-quality-degradation evaluations
• Digital ground-water flow model development

Hydrologic Studies

The UGS has completed comprehensive structural-geologic and hydrologic studies of the Park City area in Summit County, the western Washington County area, the Kamas area in Summit County, Cedar Valley in Iron County, and Cedar Valley in Utah County. The UGS is involved in similar studies of Curlew Valley in Box Elder County and Moab-Spanish Valley in Grand and San Juan Counties.

Wellhead-Protection-Area Delineations

The UGS is also involved in wellhead-protection-area delineations throughout the state in cooperation with the U.S. EPA, Utah Department of Environmental Quality, Utah Department of Agriculture, and various local governments.

For cities and towns with populations of 3,300 or less, and for a small fee ($500 plus expenses), the UGS will evaluate the water source, design and conduct aquifer tests, and interpret the test data to delineate the necessary protection zones.

To qualify for assistance, a city or town must contact the Utah Division of Drinking Water, 801.536.4200, to request delineation and agree to complete the other requirements of the source-protection management plan.

For more information, contact Mike Lowe, 801.537.3389, 801.537.3400 (fax), email: mikelowe@utah.gov.