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Show Levels Vary on Ground-water Ground-water levels rose in most areas but declined in some areas of Utah during the 'period Irom March 196 1 to March 1968, a report of the Water Resources division of the U. S. Department of the Interior has revealed. Cedar City Valley in Iron County was one of the areas tnat snowed a marked rise in the underground water level. I The central area of Cedar Valley showed a water level rise of up to four feet, diminishing dimin-ishing to a rise of just one foot in the outer limits of the valley. Some Declines However, other areas of the county showed a decline in the water level. In the Enoch area the decline was up to one foot and in Kanarraville it was slightly above one foot in some aitas near Kanarraville Kanarra-ville but showed up to a one foot ris? in an area immediately immediate-ly north of that town. In the Quitchapa Lake area the decline de-cline was measured up to one foot. The entire Escalante Valley area showred a decline in the underground water level varying vary-ing from two feet to just under un-der one foot. The highest decline de-cline was in the immediate surrounding area of Beryl Junction. Slightly lower declines de-clines were shown in the northern nor-thern end of the valley. In the immediate area of Enterprise, however, a less than one foot rise was indicated. Parowan Area In Parowan and Paragonahj areas the water level dropped. In the area between Parowan . and Paragonah, the drop was recorded at approximately one foot and diminished in the perepheralare as of the valley. val-ley. A well just north of Paragonah, Para-gonah, however, showed a rise of one foot and another) one one foot rise was noted in two wells near Little Salt Lake, northwest of Farowan. |