Ground-water Sensitivity and Vulnerability to Pesticides, Cache Valley, Cache County, Utah

Ground-water Sensitivity and Vulnerability to Pesticides, Cache Valley, Cache County, Utah

Author: Ivan Douglas Sanderson

Publisher: Utah Geological Survey

Published: 2002

Total Pages: 32

ISBN-13: 1557916691

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The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has recommended that states develop Pesticide Management Plans for four agricultural chemicals - alachlor, atrazine, metolachlor, and simazine - used in Utah as herbicides in the production of corn and sorghum, and to control weeds and undesired vegetation (such as along right-of-ways or utility substations). This report and accompanying maps are intended to be used as part of these Pesticide Management Plans to provide local, state, and federal government agencies and agricultural pesticide users with a base of information concerning sensitivity and vulnerability of ground water in the basin-fill aquifer (bedrock is not evaluated) to agricultural pesticides in Cache Valley, Cache County, Utah. We used existing data to produce pesticide sensitivity and vulnerability maps by applying an attribute ranking system specifically tailored to the western United States using Geographic Information System analysis methods. 28 pages + 2 plates


Ground-water Sensitivity and Vulnerability to Pesticides in Utah

Ground-water Sensitivity and Vulnerability to Pesticides in Utah

Author: Mike Lowe

Publisher: Utah Geological Survey

Published: 2003

Total Pages: 45

ISBN-13: 1557916934

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The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is recommending that states develop Pesticide Management Plans for four agricultural chemicals – alachlor, atrazine, metolachlor, and simazine – herbicides used in Utah in the production of corn and sorghum. This report and accompanying maps are intended to be used as part of these Pesticide Management Plans to provide local, state, and federal government agencies and agricultural pesticide users with a base of information concerning sensitivity and vulnerability of ground water to agricultural pesticides in Utah. We used existing data to produce pesticide sensitivity and vulnerability maps by applying a combined process-based and index-based model specifically tailored to the Western United States using Geographic Information System analysis methods. This is a first cut at developing pesticide sensitivity and vulnerability maps; better data and tools may become available in the future so that better maps can be produced. 40 pages + 2 plates


Water-quality Assessment of the Principal Valley-fill Aquifers in the Southern Sanpete and Central Sevier Valleys, Sanpete County, Utah

Water-quality Assessment of the Principal Valley-fill Aquifers in the Southern Sanpete and Central Sevier Valleys, Sanpete County, Utah

Author: Janae Wallace

Publisher: Utah Geological Survey

Published: 2010

Total Pages: 139

ISBN-13: 1557918287

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"This study (132 p., 6 pl.) assesses water quality in the aquifers in the southern Sanpete and central Sevier Valleys to determine likely sources of nitrate pollution and determine the relative age of high-nitrate water"--Back label of container.


Hydrogeology of Morgan Valley, Morgan County, Utah

Hydrogeology of Morgan Valley, Morgan County, Utah

Author: Janae Wallace

Publisher: Utah Geological Survey

Published: 2012-01-16

Total Pages: 152

ISBN-13: 1557918538

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This report characterizes the relationship of geology to groundwater occurrence and flow, with emphasis on determining the thickness of the valley-fill aquifer and water yielding properties of the fractured rock aquifers. Develops a water budget for the drainage basin and classifies the groundwater quality and identifies the likely sources of nitrate in groundwater.