Entries by Utah Geological Survey

STATE DETAILS ITS REBATES FOR APPLIANCES

Deseret News Folks waiting to buy a furnace or a water heater might want to hold out a little longer. But if, like Glen Jensen, you’re in need of a dishwasher, go for it. Utah has finally announced the start date for and published the list of items for which it will offer rebates as […]

UTAH SHAKES, RATTLES, AND ROLLS

Salt Lake Tribune It wasn’t The Big One, but Thursday’s earthquake did enough shaking to make northern Utah take notice. A 4.9 magnitude earthquake hit five miles northeast of Randolph at 5:59 p.m. Thursday, according to the University of Utah Seismograph Stations. The shaking at the Rich County Sheriff’s Office in Randolph knocked down pictures, […]

GOVERNOR ANNOUNCES EARTHQUAKE PREPAREDNESS WEEK

ksl.com Gov. Gary Herbert has designated April 4-10 as Earthquake Preparedness Week. A website provides tips on what to do in preparation for an earthquake and its aftermath. The Utah Seismic Safety Commission says about 700 earthquakes, including aftershocks, occur every year in Utah. Roughly 80 percent of the state’s population would be affected by […]

APRIL LECTURE SCHEDULE ANNOUNCED

thespectrum.com Join Bill Lund, Senior Scientist with the Utah Geological Survey, and learn about the structure of the active earth of Southwestern Utah. Might we experience events similar to those that have recently affected Haiti, Turkey, Chile, and Japan? April 9: The Geology of Kanab Point April 16: Pioche; The Early Days April 23: Earth […]

COULD A MAJOR EARTHQUAKE HIT SOUTHERN UTAH?

thespectrum.com A series of springtime lectures starts Friday with a presentation on faults and earthquakes in southwestern Utah, scheduled for noon at the Interagency Information Center, 345 E. Riverside Drive in St. George. Bill Lund, senior scientist with the Utah Geological Survey, is scheduled to give a presentation on the structure of active earth in […]

UTAH ENERGY REBATE PROGRAM TO COME ONLINE IN APRIL

thespectrum.com The Utah State Energy Program is launching a renewable energy incentive program focused on residential and small commercial markets. The Renewable Energy Rebate Program, funded by $3 million from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, comes online in April and rebates residents for solar photovoltaics, solar thermal systems and wind turbines. Residential properties could […]

NEW DINOSAUR SPECIES FOUND IN UTAH SANDSTONE

KSL.com A new species of dinosaur has emerged from the rocks of southern Utah. Buried by a collapsing sand dune, perhaps 185 million years ago, the new dino was probably a plant eater and an early relative of the giant animals later known as sauropods, researchers report in Tuesday’s edition of the journal PLoS One. […]

PUMPING TOO MUCH WATER IS SINKING CEDAR VALLEY

Salt Lake Tribune Since 1939, the Cedar Valley spreading west and north of Cedar City has dropped 100 feet and the only way to stop or slow the process is replenish the underlying aquifer with at least as much water as is being discharged through pumping. That was one of the statistics the Utah Geological […]

Snake Valley water deal stalled for this year

Salt Lake Tribune A court ruling, and the inaction of Nevada lawmakers, means any agreement on Snake Valley water won’t happen until at least 2011, according to Mike Styler, executive director of the Utah Department of Natural Resources. During a session of the Utah Water Users Workshop, Styler said the Nevada Legislature did not take […]

District to look at study results

thespectrum.com Reports from the Utah Geological Survey top the agenda for Thursday’s Central Iron County Water Conservancy District meeting. Geologist Bill Lund is presenting information about water subsidence in and fissures found in Enoch, which is part of the study. Lund said the study is almost complete and so far concludes that the water table […]