Cedar Valley, Utah County, Utah

Cedar Valley Water Rights Management Plan

Status and ReviewMarch 7, 2013

Teresa Wilhelmsen, P.E.UL/JR Regional EngineerDivision of Water Rights

Outline

• Current Management Policy

• Water Usage Estimates

• Summary of Water Rights

• Future Direction

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

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

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

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

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

Where are we today?Water Rights

– Approved and PerfectedWater 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

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

Where do we go from here? Feedback

Ideas Comments

Considerations

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)

Submit comments to:

State of UtahDept. of Natural ResourcesDivision of Water RightsAttn: Teresa WilhelmsenPO Box 146300SLC, UT 84114-6300