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UGS presents water-budget baseline for Shorelands Preserve, finds inflows ≈25,090 af/yr
Summary
Utah Geological Survey researchers presented water-budget results for the Great Salt Lake Shorelands Preserve showing average inflows of about 25,090 acre-feet per year, key component estimates for groundwater, surface water and evapotranspiration, and monitoring limitations where flows diffuse through phragmites-dominated marshes.
Utah Geological Survey researchers presented new monitoring and water-budget results for the 4,400-acre Great Salt Lake Shorelands Preserve, finding average total inflows of about 25,090 acre-feet per year and total outflows of about 25,240 acre-feet per year.
The project, funded in part by the Great Salt Lake Tech Team, combined seven shallow groundwater monitoring wells, continuous stream gauges at Case Creek and the Freeport Drain, seasonal measurements of other inflows and OpenET evapotranspiration estimates. Lead presenter Claire Springberg said the team estimated groundwater inflow at roughly 1,500 acre-feet per year and surface inflows at about 15,900 acre-feet per year, with…
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