Updated: April 29, 2002
DESCRIPTION:
Covering all of Davis County, this area includes
the surface sources draining from the Wasatch Range, on the eastern boundary,
westward to the Great Salt Lake. Major
streams include Mill Creek, Holbrook Canyon, Davis Creek, Shepard Creek, Baer
Creek, and Kays Creek. This area is
bounded on the north by the Weber Delta in Weber County, on the east by the
East Canyon Creek drainage, on the south by the Jordan River Valley, and on
the west by the Great Salt Lake. The
highest point in the area is a 9,706 foot unnamed peak at the head of the
South Fork of Kays Creek, while the lowest is the Great Salt Lake at about
4,200 feet, giving a total relief of about 5,500 feet. Much of this area is served by public water suppliers for both potable
and secondary water. Click here
to see a map of the area.
MANAGEMENT:
Five Proposed Determination of Water Rights
books have been published. Four were
published for the Southern Davis Division in 1966, and one for the Centerville
Division on 1970. No final decrees
have been issued. There are no state-administered
distribution systems in this area. This area is covered by the Bountiful
Subarea Ground-water Management Plan and the Weber
Delta Subarea Ground-water Management Plan. There are approximately 5,200 water rights
on file with the State Engineer in this area.
SOURCES: SURFACE WATER - Surface waters are generally
considered to be fully appropriated.
New diversions and consumptive uses in these sources must be
accomplished by change applications filed on existing rights. Non-consumptive use applications, such as
hydroelectric power generation, will be considered on their individual merits.
GROUND WATER - There is a limited ground-water resource available. New appropriations are limited to 1.0
acre-foot per year in areas not served by a public supply system. Large projects must be accomplished by
change applications on existing rights.
Changes from surface to underground sources, and vice versa, are also
considered on their individual merits, with emphasis on their potential to
interfere with existing rights and to ensure that there is no enlargement of
the underlying rights. Applicants are
placed on notice that development should be pursued as soon as possible. Extension of time requests will be
critically reviewed beyond the initial five year period.
GENERAL: Applications are
advertised in the Davis County Clipper.
The general irrigation diversion duty for this area, which the State
Engineer uses for evaluation purposes, is 4.0 acre-feet per acre per year. The consumptive use requirement is determined
from the publication Consumptive
Use of Irrigated Crops in Utah, Research Report 145, Utah State University,
1994. This area is administered by the Weber
River Regional Office in Salt Lake City.
REFERENCES: Technical Publication
No. 5, Ground Water in the East Shore Area, Utah: Part I, Bountiful District,
Davis County; Utah State Engineer; 1948.
Technical Publication No. 35, Ground-water Conditions in the East Shore Area, Box Elder, Davis, and
Weber Counties, Utah, 1960-69; Utah Department of Natural Resources; 1972.
Technical Publication No. 90, Seepage Studies of the Weber River and the Davis-Weber and Ogden
Valley Canals, Davis and Weber Counties, Utah, 1985; Utah Department of Natural
Resources; 1987.
Technical Publication No. 93, Ground-Water Resources of the East Shore Area of the Great Salt Lake,
Utah, and Simulated Effects of Ground-Water Withdrawals; Utah Department of
Natural Resources; 1990.
Technical Publication No. 95, Ground-Water Resources and Simulated Effects of withdrawals in the
Bountiful Area, Utah; Utah Department of Natural Resources; 1991.
Basic Data Report No. 1,
Records and Water-Level Measurements of Selected Wells and Chemical Analyses of
Ground Water, East Shores Areas, Weber and Box Elder Counties, Utah; Utah State
Engineer; 1961.
Basic Data Report No. 45, Selected Hydrologic Data from Wells in the East Shore Area of the
Great Salt Lake, Utah, 1985; Utah Department of Natural Resources; 1986.
Information Bulletin No. 8, Projected 1975 Municipal Water Use Requirements, Davis County, Utah;
Utah State Engineer; 1962.
MODELING: Regional Ground-Water
Flow, Carbonate-Rock Province, Nevada, Utah, and Adjacent States; USGS
Open-File Reports 93-170 and 93-420; 1993.
Weber Delta Ground-water Flow Model, 1990.
Bountiful Area Ground-water Flow Model, 1992.