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Cedar Valley, Utah County, Utah

Review of the status and future direction of the Cedar Valley water rights management plan, including current policy, water usage estimates, and summary of water rights.

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Cedar Valley, Utah County, Utah

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  1. Cedar Valley, Utah County, Utah Cedar Valley Water Rights Management Plan Status and Review March 7, 2013 Teresa Wilhelmsen, P.E. UL/JR Regional Engineer Division of Water Rights

  2. Outline • Current Management Policy • Water Usage Estimates • Summary of Water Rights • Future Direction

  3. Cedar Valley Groundwater Policy • Effective November 15, 1995 • Closed to all new Appropriations • New withdrawals of groundwater would need to be based on changes to existing rights • State Engineer would continue to monitor withdrawals and water levels to protect the resource

  4. Cedar Valley Groundwater Policy • Updated / Modified November 2, 2004 • Meeting held July 21, 2004 • UGS presented report findings • State Engineer presented current policy • Follow-up letter dated November 2, 2004

  5. Cedar Valley Groundwater Policy • Letter dated November 2, 2004: • Division contracted with UGS to produce a model • Transfers into the valley limited to 15,000 afy • Diversions to be measured and new wells to be sampled for logging • UGS report boundary line • Policy would be reviewed when model completed

  6. Where are we today? • Current report estimates recharge to be 25,600 afy • Approximately 14,700 af of groundwater leaves Cedar Valley by subsurface outflow • Cedar Pass area is approximately 10,000 afy • Mosida Hills area is approximately 4,700 afy

  7. Where are we today? • Current estimate of annual withdrawal from wells is 5,700 af • Current estimate of discharge from valley springs is 3,700 af • Total current estimate of usage is 9,400 afy

  8. Where are we today? Water Rights • Approved and Perfected Water Rights and Change Applications • Potential groundwater withdrawal • Domestic and Stock – 500 afy • Irrigation – 11,700 afy • Municipal – 7,300 afy • Industrial/Other – negligible • Total Estimated Diversion - 19,500 afy

  9. Summary of Data • Estimated recharge is 25,600 afy • Approximately 10,000 af leaves as subsurface flow through the Cedar Pass area • Estimated Water Rights Potential Diversion is 19,500 afy • Recent Northern Utah Valley study and how these two areas interact

  10. Where do we go from here? • Feedback • Ideas • Comments • Considerations

  11. Where do we go from here? • 30 days to submit comments (April 8, 2013) • We will continue to study these issues and review the Water Rights • Review Comments (will be made available on our website) • Public Meeting for Cedar Valley and Northern Utah Valley (June or July)

  12. Questions??? Submit comments to: State of Utah Dept. of Natural Resources Division of Water Rights Attn: Teresa Wilhelmsen PO Box 146300 SLC, UT 84114-6300

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