Show round ground water levels rise three feet throughout uintah basin 4 general rise in ground water A levels due to increased pre r elpi tation and adoption of water conservation measures government report says A recent survey of groundwater ground water conditions in utah was made by 3 II 11 taylor and H E thomas of the united states geological Si urvey department of the inferior brior in cooperation with L 1 H 1 utah state engineer aring 1936 about 2300 periodic measurements of water levels bere rere ere mado made in observation fells ells and about 1400 measure ants were made in ciscel ganeous wells this summary in picanes pi cates that groundwater ground water levels I 1 an most of the more not table round water areas stood higher tn n the fall and winter of 1936 ban an in the corresponding period f 1935 1 the water vater levels in 10 widely distributed wells in the uintah iasin asin rose an average of 3 feet of water levels in these hese wells ranged from a net rise f feet to a net decline of i 4 feet in the sevier desert n the vicinity of delta 12 wells showed an average rise of 01 foot ithe I 1 the rather general rise in und water levels indicates that recharge charge to ground water basins gm utah most of which are a arts t e jian ian h has a car b been clan e greater during th alie gia y year tl than the discharge this ahas has been caused in part by in fer increased eased precipitation and in part amas aby by the adoption of conservation if measures ures consisting chiefly of the of waste water from artesian atesian wells 0 |