Utah's Water Resources: Planning for the Future
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21st Century Communities, 3-1

Agriculture, 3-2
   depletions, 2-3, 5-2
   efficient irrigation technology, 5-3, 5-3
   employment, 3-1
   irrigation, 3-2, 3-2, 1-2
   land retirement, 5-2
   preservation, 5-2
   productivity, 5-3
   water conservation, 5-3, 5-3
   water conversions, 1-1, 4-2, 5-2
   water quality, 5-3
   water transfers, 5-2
   water use, 3-2, 5-3
American Water Works Association (AWWA), Sidebar
Aquifer (see Ground water)
Ascending block rates, 4-3

Basin plan areas (map), Figure 1
Basin yield, 2-3
Bear River, 6-2
   development of, 6-2
   estimate of developable water supply, 2-4, 2-4
Bear River Compact, 2-3
Bear River Development Act, 6-2
Bear River Water Conservancy District, 6-2
Board of Water Resources, 1-3, 2-4, 4-2, 6-3
Boating, 3-2, 7-3
Bountiful Sub-Conservancy District, 4-3
Bureau of Land Management, 7-4
Bureau of Reclamation, 6-2

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Central Utah Project (CUP), 6-2
Central Utah Project Completion Act (CUPCA), 6-2
Central Utah Water Conservancy District (CUWCD), 4-3, 6-2
Clean Water Act, 7-2, 7-3
Climate, 1-2, 1-3, 2-2, 2-2, 4-3, 7-3
Cloud seeding (see Weather modification)
Colorado River, 7-4
   estimate of developable water supply, 2-4
   salinity, 5-3, 1-2
Colorado River Compact, 2-3, 2-4, 7-4
Commercial water use, 4-2
Competition for water, 3-2, 5-1
Concentrated animal feed-lot operations (CAFO), 7-2, 7-2
Conjunctive use, 5-4, 5-4
Conservation easements, 3-2
Cooperation, 1-1, 1-3, 1-3, 5-5, 7-2, 7-4, 8-2
Cooperative agreements, 5-5
Coordination, 1-3, 1-3, 5-4, 7-2, 7-3

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Department of Natural Resources, 7-3, 7-3
Depletions, 2-3, 5-2
Division of Drinking Water, 5-5, 6-4, 7-2, 7-2
Division of Parks and Recreation, 7-3
Division of Water Quality, 5-6, 6-2, 7-2-7-2
Division of Water Resources:
   Bear River development, 6-2
   cloud seeding responsibilities, 6-3
   comprehensive water planning, 1-3
   estimate of developable water supply, 2-4
   M&I water use estimates, 3-2, 4-2, 4-3
   public education, 4-4
Division of Wildlife Resources, 7-3
Drought, 1-3, 2-5, 2-5, 4-4, 5-2
Dual water systems (see Secondary water systems)
Duchesne County Water Conservancy District, 6-2, 6-2
Duchesne River, 2-3

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Economics, 3-1, 3-1, 3-2, 5-1, 5-5, 6-1
Economy, 3-1, 3-2
Ecosystems, 1-2, 3-2, 7-3-7-3, 8-2
Elevation, effects on climate, 2-2
Emergency demands, 5-2, 5-4, 5-5
Employment, 3-1
Endangered species, 7-3, 7-3
Energy conservation, 4-1
Environment, 3-2, 7-3
   and comprehensive water planning, 1-3, 6-1
   future demands of, 3-2
   importance of, 8-2
   preserving the, 1-3, 3-1, 3-2
   values affecting water resources, 7-3
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), 6-2, 7-2-7-2
Envision Utah, 3-1
Evaporation, 2-2, 2-2, 2-3, 5-4
Evapotranspiration, 2-3

Fertility rate, 3-1
Fire flows, 6-4
Fish and wildlife, 5-4, 6-2, 6-2, 7-2, 7-3-7-3
Fishing, 3-2, 7-3
Flood plain development, 7-2
Flooding, 2-5, 2-5, 5-4, 7-3, 7-3, 7-4
Funding, 4-2, 4-2, 6-4, 1-2

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Gaging stations, 2-3
Geology, 1-2, 2-2, 7-3
Government:
   coordination, 1-1, 7-2
   importance of, 1-3, 7-2
   role of, 1-3-1-3, 5-1, 7-2, 7-3, 8-1, 8-2
   watershed management, 7-4
Governor's Rural Partnership Office, 3-1
Gray water reuse, 5-6
Great Salt Lake, 7-3, 7-3
Greater Wasatch Area, 3-1, 5-2
   core area (map), Figure 8
   future water demands, 3-2
Green River, 2-3
Ground water, 2-3
   aquifer storage and recovery, 5-4
   aquifers, 2-2, 5-4
   areas of significant development (map), Figure 5
   avgerage withdrawals (table), 2-3
   estimate of developaple supply, 2-4
   mining (overdraft), 2-3, 2-3
   natural recharge, 2-3
   pollution of, 7-2
   supply, 2-3, 2-3, 5-4
Guiding principles, 1-3, 8-1

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In-migration, 3-1, 3-1
Incentive pricing (see Water pricing)
Increasing block rates, 4-3
Indians:
   early irrigation by, 1-2
   reserved water rights, 7-4
Indoor water use, 4-2
Industrial water use, 4-2
Infrastructure planning, 3-1, 4-3, 6-4
Institutional water use, 4-2
Institutions (see Government)
Instream flow, 5-4, 6-2, 6-2, 7-3
   agreements, 7-3
   legislation, 7-3
   water rights, 7-3
Intermountain Power Plant, 5-2
Irrigation guidelines and ordinances, 4-3

Jordan Valley Water Conservancy District (JVWCD), 4-3, 5-4, 6-2

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Lake Powell Pipeline, 6-2
Landscape guidelines and ordinances, 4-3
Lawn watering (see Turf irrigation)
Leak detection and repair (see Water conservation)
Life expectancy, 3-1
Livestock, 3-2, 7-2
Local leaders, 1-3, 8-1

Meters, 4-2, 4-3, 5-5
Migratory birds, 7-3
Municipal and industrial (M&I), 3-2
   depletions, 2-3
   future demands, 1-1, 3-1, 3-2, 4-1, 4-2
   water use (table), Table 7

National Pollution Discharge Elimination System (NPDES), 7-2
Nonpoint sources of pollution, 5-3, 7-2, 7-2
Northern Ute Indian Tribe, 7-4

Open space preservation, 3-1, 3-2, 5-2
Out-migration, 3-1
Outdoor water use, 3-2, 4-2, 4-3
Oxygen depletion, 7-2

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Park City, 3-1, 7-2
Peak demands, 4-3, 5-4
Per capita water use, 3-1, 3-2, 4-2
   by basin (table), 3-2
   in the United States (map), Figure 9
   in Utah (Figure), Figure 11
Photographers:
   Frank Jensen, ES, 1-1
   Max Bertola, 3-2
   Patrick Cone, 2-3, 3-2, 7-3, 8-2
   Tom Till, 1-2, 6-2, 7-3, 7-3
   Tony Morgan, 7-3
   Wynn Walker, 5-3
Plant selection, 4-3
Point sources of pollution, 7-2
Population distribution, 2-3, 3-1
   map, Figure 8
Population growth, 1-1, 1-2, 3-1, 3-1, 3-2, 3-2, 3-2-4-2, 5-2, 7-2, 7-3
Power generation, 6-2
Precipitation, 2-2
   at various weather stations (map), Figure 6
   by basin (table), Table 1
   disposition of, 2-3
   effects of cloud seeding on, 6-3
   in the United States (map), Figure 2
   in Utah, Figure 3, 2-1-2-2
Prosperity, 3-1
Public education, 1-3, 4-2, 4-4, 5-5, 7-3, 8-1
Public involvement, 1-3, 7-2, 7-3, 8-1

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Quality growth, 3-1
Quality Growth Efficiency Tools (QGET), 3-1
Quality of life, 1-1, 1-2, 3-2

Rainwater harvesting, 5-6
Recreation, 3-2
   future demands, 3-2
   impacts of future water use on, 3-2
   water use, 1-3, 3-1
Recycling (see Water reuse)
Research needs, 4-2
Reserved water rights, 7-4
Residential water use, 4-2, 4-3, 5-5
Return flows, 5-3, 5-4, 7-2
Riparian and flood plain corridors, 7-2
River basin:
   agriculture water use, 3-2
   available water supply in, 2-3
   comprehensive water plans, 1-3
   estimate of developable water supply, 2-4
   M&I water use, 3-2, Table 8
   planning areas, 1-3
   precipitation in, Table 1
Rural:    agriculture, 3-2
   economies, 3-1, 3-2
   heritage, 1-1
   septic tanks, 7-2

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Safe Drinking Water Act, 7-2
Salt Lake Valley Groundwater Protection Coalition, 7-2
San Juan River, 2-3
San Juan River Basin Recovery Implementation Program, 7-3
Seasonal rates, 4-3
Secondary water systems, 5-5
   metering of, 4-3
   water use, 3-2, 3-2, 5-5
Septic tanks, 7-2
Settlement of Utah, 1-2, 1-3, 3-1
Shivwits Band of the Paiute Indians, 7-4
Snow, 2-2
Sprinkler timers, 4-3, 4-4
St. George, 5-6
State Engineer, 1-3, 2-4, 7-3
State Water Plan, 1-3
State water planning, 1-3
Statewide water budget (Table), Table 3
Stewardship of water resources, 1-3, 1-3, 8-1
Storage reservoirs, importance of, 2-5, 6-4
Storm water permitting, 7-2
Strawberry Water Users Association, 6-2
Surface water, 2-3
   average annual flows (map), Figure 4
   estimate of developable supply, 2-4, Table 5
   supply, 2-3, 5-4

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Tax incentives, 4-2
Temperature, 2-2
Tooele, 3-1, 5-6
Total Maximum Daily Load (TMDL), 7-2-7-2
Transpiration, 2-2
Turf irrigation, 4-2, 4-3

U.S. Forest Service, 7-4
U.S. Geological Survey, 2-3
Uinta Basin Replacement Projects, 6-2
Uintah County Water Conservancy District, 6-2
Uniformity of sprinkler systems, 4-3, 4-3
Unit costs:
   aquifer storage and recovery, 5-4
Upper Colorado River Endangered Fish Recovery Program, 7-3
Urban:
   irrigation, 4-1, 4-2
   nature of Utah, 3-1
   open spaces, 3-2
Utah Cloud Seeding Act, 6-3
Utah Lake, 2-4
Utah Lake Drainage Basin Delivery System , 6-2
Utah Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (UPDES), 7-2
Utah State University and Extension Service, 1-3, 4-3
Utah Water and Power Board, 1-3
Utah's scenic landscapes, 1-2, 3-1, 3-2, 7-3

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Wasatch Front:
   agriculture conversions, 1-1, 3-2
   population, 3-1
   wetlands, 7-3
Washington County Water Conservancy District, 6-2
Wastewater reuse (see Water reuse)
Wastewater treatment, 4-1, 5-6, 7-2
Water audits, 4-2, 4-3
Water bill, 3-1, 4-2, 4-3, 4-4, 6-4
Water check, 4-3
Water conservation
   and Envision Utah, 3-1
   and water quality, 4-1
   avoiding capital shortfalls, 4-3
   baseline use, 4-2, 4-2
   benefits of, 4-1, 4-2
   effects of by basin (Figure), Figure 10
   goals, 4-2, 4-2
   importance of, 1-1, 1-3, 3-2, 4-2, 8-2
   measures and programs, 4-2, 4-2-4-3
   plans, 4-2, 4-2
   public education, 4-4
Water Conservation Plan Act, 4-2
Water development
   and the environment, 7-3, 7-3
   and water quality, 7-2
   comprehensive water planning, 8-2
   effects of conservation on, 1-1
   for agriculture, 3-2
   for power production, 6-2
   importance of, 1-1, 1-2, 1-3, 4-2, 6-1, 7-3
   major projects, 6-2
   small projects, 6-2, 6-3
Water marketing (see Water transfers)
Water planners and managers:
   assistance for, 1-2, 3-2
   importance of, 1-3, 1-3
   role of, 1-1, 7-2, 7-2, 7-3
Water pollution, 7-2
Water pricing
   as a conservation incentive, 3-1, 4-2-4-3, 5-5
   in several western cities (table), Table 9
   rate structures, 4-3
Water quality, 7-2
   and efficient irrigation, 4-1
   and wetlands, 7-3
   importance of, 1-3, 8-2
   improvements in Great Basin area, 3-2
   nutrient loading, 7-2
Water rates (see Water pricing)
Water resources:
   and the environment, 1-2
   future demands on, 1-1, 4-1
   importance of, 1-2, 1-3
   meeting future needs, 1-1, 1-3, 4-1, 5-1, 7-1
Water reuse, 5-6, 7-4
   existing projects (table), Table 11
Water rights:
   administration of, 1-3
   and cloud seeding, 6-3
   early history, 1-3
   instream flow, 7-3
   transfer, 5-2, 5-3
Water supply
   available, 2-3
   average annual, 2-3, 2-5
   by basin (table), Table 4
   developable, 2-4, Table 5
   variability of, 2-5
Water transfers, 1-3, 5-2, 5-2
Water use trends and projections, 3-2, 3-2
Water-wise landscapes, 4-3
Watershed, 7-2-7-2
Weather modification, 6-3
Weber Basin Water Conservancy District, 6-2
Wells, historical withdrawal, 2-3
West Jordan City, 4-3
Wetlands, 5-4, 7-3
   and water reuse, 5-6
   importance of, 1-2
White River, 2-3
Wild and Scenic River, 7-3
Wilderness, 7-3
Willard Bay, 2-4, 6-2
Winters doctrine, 7-4

Xeriscape, 4-3

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