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Ground water pumping impacts on spring discharge in the upper Cache Valley, southeast Idaho. Technical notes Item Info

Ground water and surface water are often interconnected, consequently, changes in use of one resource impacts the other. As the demand on water resources continues to increase, conflict between surface water and ground water users will continue to escalate. This document reports the results of a study conducted to quantify the effects of groundwater pumping at two locations on the discharge from a nearby spring in an intermountain valley in southeast Idaho. The test was conducted in the northwest portion of the Cache Valley in the Bear River drainage in southeast Idaho. The purpose of the investigation was to determine the impacts of ground-water pumping from the North and South Pumping Wells on the flow of Dudley Springs. The specific objectives include: (1) Measure the short-term impact of ground-water pumping from the North and South Pumping Wells on the flow of Dudley Springs, (2) Measure drawdown response in nearby observation wells to estimate aquifer properties for interpretation of longer-term relationships, and (3) Interpret test results to estimate Dudley Springs depletion under conditions other than those of the test, and identify the limitations of that interpretation.

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Title:
Ground water pumping impacts on spring discharge in the upper Cache Valley, southeast Idaho. Technical notes
Authors:
Johnson, Gary S.; Neher, Erick R.; Olsen, J. Hhan
Date Created (ISO Standard):
1996-02
Description:
Ground water and surface water are often interconnected, consequently, changes in use of one resource impacts the other. As the demand on water resources continues to increase, conflict between surface water and ground water users will continue to escalate. This document reports the results of a study conducted to quantify the effects of groundwater pumping at two locations on the discharge from a nearby spring in an intermountain valley in southeast Idaho. The test was conducted in the northwest portion of the Cache Valley in the Bear River drainage in southeast Idaho. The purpose of the investigation was to determine the impacts of ground-water pumping from the North and South Pumping Wells on the flow of Dudley Springs. The specific objectives include: (1) Measure the short-term impact of ground-water pumping from the North and South Pumping Wells on the flow of Dudley Springs, (2) Measure drawdown response in nearby observation wells to estimate aquifer properties for interpretation of longer-term relationships, and (3) Interpret test results to estimate Dudley Springs depletion under conditions other than those of the test, and identify the limitations of that interpretation.
Subjects:
Groundwater availability Aquifers Pumping Water yield Drawdown
Location:
Bear River Basin; Southeastern Idaho
Latitude:
42.23
Longitude:
-111.26
Collection:
Boise Basin
IWRRI number:
199604
Rights:
Rights to the digital resource are held by the University of Idaho. http://www.uidaho.edu/
Publisher:
Idaho Water Resources Research Institute; University of Idaho
Contributing Institution:
University of Idaho
Type:
Text
Format:
application/pdf
Cataloger:
KIT
Date Digitized:
2017-09-25

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"Ground water pumping impacts on spring discharge in the upper Cache Valley, southeast Idaho. Technical notes", Idaho Waters Digital Library, University of Idaho Library Digital Collections, https://www.lib.uidaho.edu/digital/iwdl/items/iwdl-199604.html
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Rights to the digital resource are held by the University of Idaho. http://www.uidaho.edu/
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