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Hydrogeologic analysis of the water supply for Bloomington and Paris, Bear Lake County, Idaho. U.S. Geological Survey information circular 58 Item Info
![The communities of Bloomington and Paris, located along the west side of Bear Lake, derive their water from limestone cave-hosted springs. Scientists with the Idaho Water Resources Research Institute's "Technical Assistance for Rural Ground Water Development Within Idaho" project have met with the town councils of both communities and agreed to (1) evaluate the hydrology of the springs that supply their water, (2) delineate recharge areas for these springs, (3) identify alternative ground-water targets, and (4) locate recharge zones for the new targets. [...] Our study evaluated three exploration targets and ranked them on the basis of ease-of-discovery versus risk-of-failure. These are listed in descending order of preference: (1) Salt Lake Formation, (2) Bloomington Formation, and (3) Brigham Quartzite. The gravels within the Salt Lake Formation are close to both Bloomington and Paris and host high-yielding wells, but may be isolated from potential recharge areas. The Bloomington Formation contains high-volume springs and is in direct connection with a recharge area. However, because fracture distribution controls ground-water flow, a well needs to intersect fractures to yield much water. we suspect a shale unit limits the amount of water available in the Brigham Quartzite. We recommend drilling a test well to determine the suitability of a target aquifer and establishing routine water-level monitoring.](https://objects.lib.uidaho.edu/iwdl/small/iwdl-200507_sm.jpg)
- Title:
- Hydrogeologic analysis of the water supply for Bloomington and Paris, Bear Lake County, Idaho. U.S. Geological Survey information circular 58
- Authors:
- Wylie, Allan H.; Otto, Bruce R.; Martin, Michael J.
- Date Created (ISO Standard):
- 2005
- Description:
- The communities of Bloomington and Paris, located along the west side of Bear Lake, derive their water from limestone cave-hosted springs. Scientists with the Idaho Water Resources Research Institute's "Technical Assistance for Rural Ground Water Development Within Idaho" project have met with the town councils of both communities and agreed to (1) evaluate the hydrology of the springs that supply their water, (2) delineate recharge areas for these springs, (3) identify alternative ground-water targets, and (4) locate recharge zones for the new targets. [...] Our study evaluated three exploration targets and ranked them on the basis of ease-of-discovery versus risk-of-failure. These are listed in descending order of preference: (1) Salt Lake Formation, (2) Bloomington Formation, and (3) Brigham Quartzite. The gravels within the Salt Lake Formation are close to both Bloomington and Paris and host high-yielding wells, but may be isolated from potential recharge areas. The Bloomington Formation contains high-volume springs and is in direct connection with a recharge area. However, because fracture distribution controls ground-water flow, a well needs to intersect fractures to yield much water. we suspect a shale unit limits the amount of water available in the Brigham Quartzite. We recommend drilling a test well to determine the suitability of a target aquifer and establishing routine water-level monitoring.
- Subjects:
- Hydrogeology Well water Potential water supply Groundwater development
- Location:
- Bloomington; Paris; Bear Lake; Bear River Basin
- Latitude:
- 42.19
- Longitude:
- -111.4
- IWRRI number:
- 200507
- Rights:
- Rights to the digital resource are held by the University of Idaho. http://www.uidaho.edu/
- Publisher:
- U.S. Geological Survey
- Contributing Institution:
- University of Idaho
- Type:
- Text
- Format:
- application/pdf
- Cataloger:
- KIT
Source
- Preferred Citation:
- "Hydrogeologic analysis of the water supply for Bloomington and Paris, Bear Lake County, Idaho. U.S. Geological Survey information circular 58", Idaho Waters Digital Library, University of Idaho Library Digital Collections, https://www.lib.uidaho.edu/digital/iwdl/items/iwdl-200507.html
Rights
- Rights:
- Rights to the digital resource are held by the University of Idaho. http://www.uidaho.edu/