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Show Special Agency Keeps Eye On Utahs Critical Water Supply Continued From Page 4. Castle Valley area and the Book Cliffs. Records are being gathered through the area for stream discharge, quality of levels and streamflow, ground-wate- r spring discharge and quality. Serve as Baseline These measurements will serve as a baseline for comparison with similar measurements during and after increased mining activity to determine if mining is causing any serious hydrologic change. At request of the state, the geological survey also is making a special study in Huntington Canyon to provide a basis for predictions on the effect of mining on stream and spring flows. The computer model that will be made will help predict possible changes in spring or stream flow if mines are dewatered (a mining industry expression referring to Utahs Exports Boomed hi 77 Utah continues to be an important international trader. Its 1977 exports are estimated to have a value of $272 million compared to $260 million the year before, according to George Blessing, director of the Salt Lake City office of the U S. Department of Commerce. Industries with the highest rate of export growth were in medical equipment and supplies, computer equipment, electronics, dental equipment and petroleum related industrial products. Industries showing a lesser growth and even some reduction were in heavy machinery and equipment. Statistics of the Economic Research Service of the U.S. Department of Agriculture showed Utah export of agricultural products for 1977 at $52.3 million, up slightly over the $50 million in 1976. Agricultural products with the highest dollar volume were hides at $20.3 million; wheat at $16 7 million; feed grains at $2 1 million; meat at $1 9 million, lard and tallow at $1 8 million and poultry at $1 7 million. Coal, uranium and beryllium represented products which had the highest export demand. Copper demand for export was down because of strong international competition flooding) if aquifers overlying coal seams pumping of water to keep mines from are drained, or if mining causes land subsidence. Utah Basins Irrigation fanning, geographically probably the most widespread activity in Utah, draws water from thousands of wells in the great open basin of the basins of western Utah. In 1976, more than a half million acre feet of ground water was pumped from wells for irrigation west of a curving line extending through Logan, Ogden, Salt Lake City, Provo, Fillmore and Cedar City. Other wells in the area put out an additional quarter of a million acre feet of water for municipalities., industries, stock and private culinary use. Thats about three quarters of a million acre feet either pumped or flowed from wells or nine times the use of w'ater in Salt Lake City in 1976. Mine Water If such large amounts of water are withdrawn from wells each year, does this mean the water is being mined and that the aquifers will dry up? Or is there sufficient flow into the aquifers and such large amounts of water stored that wells can be pumped indefiniteeven at greater rates than now? ly The need for answers have existed since the state groundwater law was passed in 1935. At that time, the USGS and state engineer, began a sytematic study of ground water in the western basins. Studies are now underway in the Tooele area Valley and in the west of Cedar City. In both, wells are visited to get water levels and samples for chemical analyses. Pumpage Records Well discharge is measured. Histone pumpage records are compiled. Some wells are pumped for as long as 30 days to determine if water level is affected in other wells. Streams and ditches are measured to see if they are losing water to the aquifers Beryl-Enterpri- Water loving plants THE EMPIRE BUILDING 231 East 4th South No hiatter a" of your occupation, the g r n qtv se .v rn p me a or on in downtown Salt Lake City csr "C'Th assess rm-- the METROPOLITAN HALL OF JUSTiCE or' yc Ousess A conn, pete redesigning eye-catchin- called that grow in the phreatophytes are classified and mapped. Circulations are made of the ground water they use. low-area- s s to be conr.p'etea :n the mmer of G78 21 - it" sn .ore eef of off.ee ea betv.een f.ve leve's. Bj'G-iN:an meet the 'H EVPRE neeas of me private bus nessman or be r.g enferpr.se Congratulations 'e.e' pan ng CwD ea v. m 1978 w.fh RESERVED TENANT PARKING N.o q . v 26, ?s add r one! e'evafors in the a and easy access to off.ces who prefers to boy OWNERSHIP m Rent from cor per yem AWARD WINNERS First row left to right: Lake Salt The 0 1 DIANE RODER JUDY PATRICK Salo. Achievement Award JEANNE C. ROSS Sale. Master ENVIRONMENTS FOR THE SERIOUS PROFESSIONAL Million Dollar Award PHONE: 801 Back row left to right Million Dollar Award TOM DARNELL SID DAVIS Million Dollar Award ?320 E, 3900 So." I 262 2475 ' 262-331- i" 6 L v. oNiU -- L L V y TA J T AH c-- 1 AON C041P1N. |
