Groundwater Information
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In the 2006 legislative session the Utah Legislature provided some new tools to help us manage our states groundwater resource. This section provides access to groundwater information and data used by the state to manage groundwater use throughout the State.
Groundwater Management Plans are created for areas throughout Utah to promote wise use of the ground-water, protect existing water rights, and address water quality issues and over-appropriation of ground water. The creation, requirements, management, purpose, and effects of these plans are explained in Section 73-5-15 of the Utah State code. All existing Groundwater Management Plans can be viewed below in the "Groundwater Management Plans" accordion.
The Division of Water Rights is also the regulatory agency that oversees Groundwater Recharge and Recovery Projects. To learn more about these projects, view the "Groundwater Recharge & Recovery Projects" accordion below.
Resources:
- Beryl Enterprise
- Bountiful Sub-area of the East Shore Area
- Cache Valley
- Groundwater policy page for this area
- Cedar City Valley
- Priority Listing
- Groundwater policy page for this area
- Cedar Valley (Utah County)
- Goshen Valley
- Water Rights Listing
- Utah/Goshen Valley Ground-Water Useage Report
- Groundwater policy page for the Goshen and Northern Juab Valley area
- Juab Valley
- Monticello Mill Tailings
- Groundwater policy page for this area
- Northern Utah Valley
- Groundwater policy page for the Northern Utah Valley and Provo River area
- Utah/Goshen Valley Ground-Water Useage Report
- Utah/Goshen Valley Groundwater Management Plan
- Pahvant Valley
- Parowan Valley
- Salt Lake Valley
- Kennecott's South Facilities Groundwater Remedial Action Progress Report, 2002-2004
- Kennecott RD/RA Consent Decree
- Wasatch Chemical Five Year Review September 2007
- Wasatch Chemical Superfund Site
- Kennecott's South Facilities Groundwater Remedial Action Progress Report, April 2009
- South Facilities 2010 Groundwater Remedial Action Progress Report
- Wasatch Chemical Site Progress Report No. 95
- Wasatch Chemical Site Progress Report No. 99
- Wasatch Chemical Site Progress Report No. 101
- Wasatch Chemical Site Progress Report No. 103
- Wasatch Chemical Site Progress Report No. 104
- Groundwater policy pages for the Western Salt Lake Valley, and the Eastern Salt Lake Valley.
- Sevier River Basin Groundwater Policy
- Groundwater policy pages for the Upper Sevier River rea, Central Sevier River area, Sanpitch River area, Lower Sevier River area, Pahvant Valley area, Sevier Desert area, and the Wah Wah Valley and Sevier Lake area.
- Snyderville/Park City Basin
- Southern Utah Valley
- Utah/Goshen Valley Ground-Water Useage Report
- Groundwater policy page for the Utah and Indianola Valley area
- Tooele Valley
- Upper Provo River Valleys (including Heber Valley sub-area)
- Groundwater policy page for this area
- Weber River delta sub-area (Weber and Davis Counties) of the East Shore Area
- PDF Version
- Weber-Delta Sub-area (Weber and Davis Counties) Ground-Water Useage Report
- Groundwater policy pages for the Davis County area, and the Weber and Ogden Rivers area.
The Division of Water Rights is the regulatory agency that oversees Groundwater Recharge and Recovery Projects in Utah. These projects are sometimes referred to as Aquifer Storage and Recovery (ASR). Section 73-3b of the Utah State code, the Groundwater Recharge and Recovery Act, details the application, monitoring, and reporting processes required to operate a recharge and recovery project.
For every recharge and recovery permit that is issued a storage account is established by the State Engineer. This account is used to monitor the project and to keep a reporting of the quantity and quality of the water associated with the project. To report data for a recharge and recovery project select the online reporting link on the left. Detailed information about current recharge and recovery projects that operate in the state can be viewed by selecting the Current Projects link to the left or by selecting this link and doing a query on the Recharge and Recovery Application Number.