Regional groundwater flow and water quality in the Virgin River Basin and surrounding areas, Utah and Arizona

Regional groundwater flow and water quality in the Virgin River Basin and surrounding areas, Utah and Arizona
ISBN-10
155791883X
ISBN-13
9781557918833
Category
Aquifer storage recovery
Pages
46
Language
English
Published
2013-12-17
Publisher
Utah Geological Survey
Authors
Kevin Thomas, Paul Inkenbrandt, J. Lucy Jordan

Description

In this 46-page report, we characterized the deep aquifer system and its connections to the overlying aquifers in the area of the Hurricane fault in Washington County by examining well logs, creating regional potentiometric-surface maps, compiling groundwater quality data, conducting gravity surveys, examining remote sensing data for surface lineaments, and determining areas for potential monitoring wells. Results of the study were: (1) R and C aquifer groundwater depths are > 500 feet in the I-15 corridor area, (2) a groundwater divide likely exists south of the Utah-Arizona state line, (3) groundwater flow follows open fracture systems, (4) fracture conductivity is highest near the fault, (5) dissolution of evaporites increase groundwater TDS, and (6) a well should be drilled into the Hurricane fault near Pintura.

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