Seepage study of the South Bend, Richfield, and Vermillion Canals, Sevier County, Utah

Technical Publication 97
Prepared by the United State Geological Survey in cooperation with the Utah Department of Natural Resources Division of Water Rights
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Abstract

A seepage investigation was made in 1987 on selected reaches of the South Bend, Richfield, and Vermillion Canals in Sevier County, Utah, to determine gains or losses in discharge.  Fluctuations in discharge were adjusted using information from stage recorders operated at selected locations during each set of discharge measurements. The investigation showed a net gain of 0.2 cubic foot per second in the South Bend canal: the upper reach gained 1.5 cubic feet per second, the two middle reaches together lost 2.5 cubic feet per second, and the lower reach gained 1.2 cubic feet per second.  The Richfield Canal showed a net loss of 2.4 cubic feet per second: the two upper reaches together lost 4.4 cubic feet per second and the two lower reaches together gained 2.0 cubic feet per second.  The Vermillion canal showed a net loss of 0.2 cubic foot per second: the upper reach gained 2.3 cubic feet per second and the lower reach lost 2.5 cubic feet per second.

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Publication type Report
Publication Subtype Other Government Series
Title Seepage study of the South Bend, Richfield, and Vermillion Canals, Sevier County, Utah
Series title Technical Publication
Series number 97
Year Published 1989
Language English
Publisher Utah Department of Natural Resources, Division of Water Rights
Publisher location Salt Lake City, UT
Contributing office(s) Utah Water Science Center
Description iv, 50 p.
Country United States
State Utah
County Sevier County
Other Geospatial Richfield Canal, South Bend Canal, Vermillion Canal
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