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Show Utah County's Ground-Water Level Up 5 Feet An average rise of five feet in the ground-water level in Utah lake valley was reported by the geological geologi-cal survey, the highest reported re-ported following a series of measurements by G. H. Taylor Tay-lor and H. E. Thomas of the survey. In the Juab valley, Davis county, eastern part of Boxelder county and the Ogden, Cache, and Sanpete valleys, the ground-water level rise was between 3.9 and 4.6 feet. The average rise of ground-water .levels in the Jordan river valley was 2 feet; in the lower part of Weber county, 1 foot; in the central Sevier valley, 0.8 foot; in the upper Sevier valiey, 0.4 foot; in the Pa-vant Pa-vant valley, 3 feet; and in the Beaver valley, 2 feet. The rise in water levels in 12 observation wells in the Milford pumping district, Beaver county, average 0.7 foot. Only in the Cedar City valley, Iron county, did the water level in all observation observa-tion wells decline. |