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USU_RG 17.9/2
Utah
Water Research Laboratory
Utah Water Research Laboratory general files
1946-1983
40 boxes
This collection contains the general files of the Utah Water Research Laboratory.
Collection materials are in English.
Restrictions
Open to public research.
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be obtained from the University Archivist and/or the Special Collections Department Head.
Accessioned: Summer 1997
Collection processed: December 1999.
Utah Water Research Laboratory general files (RG 17.9/2). Utah State University. Special
Collections and Archives Department.
Historical Note
The UWRL had its inception between 1949 and 1951. Engineering Professor Vaughan E.
Hansen first envisioned the facility at its present site, below First Dam on the Logan
River, along the old Canyon Road, east of campus. Responding to a federal report
suggesting the need for a facility in the West to study soil and water needs, President
Louis L. Madsen requested that former School of Engineering Dean George D. Clyde prepare
a proposal to establish the facility at USAC, in 1951. Clyde was then working as the
Chief of the Irrigation Division of the USDA Soil Conservation Service, and was
stationed on campus. Clyde later went on to become Director of the Utah Water and Power
Board, and in 1956 was elected Governor of Utah, serving two terms through 1964.
In 1959, the State Legislature earmarked $200,000 to begin planning the construction of
the Water Lab. Total cost of the structure was estimated at $1, 200,000, and for the
next several years, the institution lobbied to secure additional state funding. Initial
construction began in 1962, with bids for the second phase accepted in October 1963. The
second phase included the building designed by Kenneth W. Jones, and constructed by
Olson and Davis Construction Company. The completed building was dedicated on December 6
and 7, 1965. Vaughan E. Hansen was appointed as the first Director of the UWRL. In
August 1982, the UWRL was named posthumously for George D. Clyde, who died April 2,
1972.
General files arranged into record series: correspondence, committee files, reports,
consulting, Water Conservancy Districts files, and alphabetical subject files.
The following materials were accessioned into University Archives during summer 1997, as
Water Lab personnel prepared to dismantle one of the older auxiliary buildings that had
been used for storage. The materials were processed and inventoried in December 1999.
Additional materials were added as an addendum in March 2002. The record group consists
of the Director's outgoing correspondence from 1970 through 1981, arranged
chronologically in its original order. Various reports of affiliated UWRL personnel,
including consultation reports are also included, and are arranged alphabetically.
Several boxes of material collected by Dr. Jay Bagley on Water Conservancy Districts,
including interviews with individuals involved in their operation are included, as well.
The addendum section is arranged alphabetically.
Water and Water Rights
Container List
Outgoing correspondence from the Director's
Office
1
Chronological Files, outgoing correspondence
from the Director's Office
1970 January - 1973 March
2
Chronological Files, outgoing correspondence
from the Director's Office
1973 April - 1974 December
3
Chronological Files, outgoing correspondence
from the Director's Office
1975 January - 1977 December
(incomplete)
4
Chronological Files, outgoing correspondence
from the Director's Office
1978 January - 1979 March
5
Chronological Files, outgoing correspondence
from the Director's Office
1979 April - 1980 December
2
Chronological Files, outgoing correspondence
from the Director's Office
1981 January - 1981 December
Committees
Citizen Advisory Council
7
1
members
1971
7
2
Fiscal Year, correspondence and related
materials
1971
7
3
Fiscal Year, correspondence and related
materials; and 1973, Fiscal Year, correspondence and related materials
1972
7
4
minutes of meetings and related materials
1973
7
5
members
1974
7
6
meeting
1974 November 15-16
7
7
meeting
1975 November 15
7
8
members
1975
7
9
Correspondence, incoming/outgoing
1976
7
10
Correspondence, incoming/outgoing
1977
7
11
meeting
1978 January 15
7
12
meeting
1978 October 17
8
1
Correspondence, incoming/outgoing
1978
8
2
minutes of meetings
1978
8
3
meeting
1979 March 22
8
4
meeting
1979 November 16
8
5
meeting
1980 March 27
8
6
meeting
1980 December 3
8
7
meeting
1981 April 30
8
8
meeting
1981 December 9
8
9
meeting
1982 March 30
8
10
meeting
1982 December 3
9
1
meeting
1983 April 7
9
2
meeting
1983 December
Utah State Science Council (State Advisory
Council on Science and Technology)
10
1
Fiscal Year
1982-1983
10
2
Quarterly meetings
1984-1985
10
3
Water and related natural resources
1983-1984
10
4
Great Salt Lake Studies related to flooding
and the eminent installation of pumps on the lake's west shore.
1983
Includes reports and correspondence from the UWRL, and various other state
agencies
Utah Safe Drinking Water Committee
11
Files
1980 September 25 - 1981 June 25
Includes annual report for 1979-1980.
Reports
Arranged alphabetically by subject where appropriate, or by author if subject of
report is not discernable
12
1
Adams, V. Dean, " Identification of organic
compounds in closed loop hypoclorite wastewater treatment system," with E. Joe
Middlebrooks
12
2
Adams, V. Dean, "Organic residue in a closed
loop hypochlorite system," with E. Joe Middlebrrooks and Paul D. Nance
12
3
"Atmospheric Water Resources Program," Monthly
letter reports, Fiscal Year
1969
12
4
"Atmospheric Water Resources Program," Monthly
letter reports, Fiscal Year
1967-1968
12
5
"Atmospheric Water Resources Program," Monthly
letter reports, Fiscal Year
1965-1967
12
6
"Atmospheric Water Resources Program," Work
Plan
1965
12
7
"Bear Lake, Utah-Idaho: Diagnostic Feasibility
Study"
12
8
Bear Lake - "Diagnostic - Feasibility 314 Clean
Lakes Study for Bear Lake and Its Watersheds," Vincent A. Lammara
12
9
Bear River, Vincent Lammara
12
10
Bear Lake, Dingle Marsh
13
1
Cloud seeding, UWRL research policy. Includes
preliminary reports and evaluations by Geoffrey E. Hill, et. al
13
2
Cloud seeding, reports, G.E. Hill
13
3
Cloud seeding, meeting
1977 March 30
13
4
Colorado River, "Electronic analog simulation of
the salinity flow system within the Upper Colorado River Basin," Duane G.
Chadwick
13
5
Colorado River, "Short note on quality of
surface waters of the Colorado River Basin," Zafar Ali Kahn
13
6
Colorado River, "Pollution from municipal,
industrial and waste sources in the Colorado River Basin," Environmental
Protection Agency
13
7
Filip, Daniel S. "Residual heavy metal removal
by an algae-intermittent sand filtration system."
13
8
Gearheart, R.A., "Treatability and toxicity of
vault waste"
13
9
In-stream flow, "Adapting appropriation water
law to accomodate equitable consideration of instream flow uses," Jay M.
Bagley, et. al
13
10
In-stream flow, Bibliographic/legal citations
for instream flow use
13
11
In-stream flow, IFIS*STRATEGIES data (Instream
flow information system?)
13
12
In-stream flow, Bibliography
14
Instream flow maps for Idaho, Wyoming, Nevada
and Colorado, published by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
1979
15
1
Marsh Lake map, Morris Lake Reservoir site,
Lyman (Wyoming) Project, Bureau of Reclamation
1959
15
2
"Mountain Dell Reservoir and Watersheds, summary
of data,"
1981
15
3
Narasimhan, V.A., "Computer simulation as a
technique for management of water within a river system,"
1973
15
4
NAWID (National Association of Water Institute
Directors)
15
5
Porcella, Don B., "Resource control and
environmental management: Implementing environmental phosphorous management
strategies,"
1973 April
15
6
Porcella, Don B., "Use of bioassay approaches
for assessing phytoplankton growth in lakes and reservoirs,"
1979
15
7
Reynolds, George W. et. al, "An examination of
approximately simultaneous Salt Lake Valley and Cache Valley clearing
(ventilation) indexes,"
1970
15
8
Solar Ponds, meeting with Utah Power and Light
and Batelle
1981
15
9
Solar Ponds, meeting in Salt Lake City
1981 September
15
10
Solar Ponds, Project Plans.
15
11
Solar Ponds, Questionnaire responses
16
1
Solar Ponds, Project HIPPO
1983
16
2
Solar Ponds, Salt Company research contracts
16
3
Thiokol Report, including "Nonbiological waste
disposal systems,"
1971
Consulting
17
1
Anaconda Company, including proposed water
development project in vicinity of Fish Springs National Wildlife Refuge,
Nevada
17
2
Atlantic Refining Company, including information
on the White River, Uintah County, Utah
17
3
ADES (Agricultural Development and Engineering
Services). Consulting company of Jay M. Bagley, et al.
17
4
ADES, Angola correspondence
17
5
ADES, reports, minutes and
correspondence
17
6
Clyde, Criddle-Woodward, Inc.
17
7
Gunnison Irrigation Company
17
8
Hall's Crossing, Lake Powell (Utah)
17
9
Kaiparowits Power Project, contracts
17
10
Kaiparowits Power Project, as related to Central
Utah Project
17
11
Kaiparowits Power Project, as related to CUP
See also, Salt Lake Tribune, February 10, 1965, 12A
18
1
MX Missile System, comments and
criticism
18
2
MX Missle System
18
3
Miscellaneous water systems. Contains
information on rates, flows, and infrastructure for various culinary water
systems in Utah
18
4
National Water Commission (NWC)
18
5
National Water Commission, comments on NWC draft
report
1973 February 15
18
6
National Water Commission, synopsis of final
report
1973 June 15
19
1
Ralph M. Parsons Company, "Preliminary final
report on Cam Ranh water resources study,"
1969
19
2
Ralph M. Parsons Company, "Hydrologic overview
and data network considerations for Cam Ranh water supply study," Jay M.
Bagley
1968
19
3
Ralph M. Parsons Company, "Reconnaissance
appraisal of water supply and storage sites," Carl J. Hoffman
1968
19
4
Ralph M. Parsons Company,
correspondence
19
5
United Park City Mines (UPCM), flow logs for Big
Cottonwood Creek
19
6
United Park City Mines, notes of Jay M. Bagley
regarding UPCM vs. Salt Lake City
19
7
United Park City Mines, Jay M. Bagley
subpoena
19
8
United Park City Mines, "In the third district
court...Salt Lake City vs. United Park City Mines
19
9
United Park City Mines, reports, etc.
19
10
United Park City Mines, reports,
etc.
Water Conservancy Districts (WCD)
Material Collected for "Impediments to effective interactions between
multi-purpose water districts and other governmental institutions in urbanizing
areas," Jay M. Bagley, et al.
20
1
Colorado, contains some interviews with state
officials and water resources experts
20
2
Arizona, contains some interviews with state
officials and water resources experts
20
3
Nebraska, contains some interviews with state
officials and water resources experts
21
1
Nebraska (cont'd.)
21
2
South Dakota, contains some interviews with
state officials and water resources experts
21
3
"Points to consider..."
21
4
Correspondence
21
5
Interviews, Synopsis of transcribed interviews
21
6
Interviews, Anderson, Fred, President of
Colorado Senate
21
7
Interviews, Bingham, Merrill, former manager of
Provo City Water Department
21
8
Interviews, Broz, Delvon, South Dakota Division
of Water; Smith, John, Assistant Attorney General of South Dakota; and
Neufield, Bob, Director of South Dakota Department of Natural Resources
21
9
Interviews, Carpenter, Carl, Engineer, Central
Utah Water Conservancy District (CUWCD)
21
10
Interviews, Chandler, Homer, Mountainlands
Association of Governments
21
11
Interviews, Dawson, Joseph, former mayor of Roy
City, etc.
21
12
Interviews, Foss, Phillip; Anderson, Raymond;
and Caufield, Henry, Colorado State University
22
1
Interviews, Greenhalgh, Max, Bagley and Company
Developers
22
2
Interviews, Hilbert, Robert, Salt Lake County
Water Conservancy District
22
3
Interviews, Kramland, Gary, Nebraska Water
Resources Institute
22
4
Interviews, Lewis, Gary, Nebraska Water
Resources Institute
22
5
Interviews, Merritt, LaVere, Provo Municipal
Water Department
22
6
Interviews, Powell, Lorin, Utah County
22
7
Interviews, Roberts, Stan, Utah County
22
8
Interviews, Rose, Buck, Utah County Planning
Office
22
9
Interviews, Sawyer, Harold L., Oregon Water
Quality
22
10
Interviews, Torvend, Palmer S., Tualatin Valley
Irrigation District, Oregon
22
11
Interviews, Wheeler, Chris L.. Deputy Director
of Oregon Water Resources Department
22
12
Interviews, Wall, Bob, Nebraska Department of
Environmental Quality
Miscellaneous
22
13
Miscellaneous, correspondence between the
director of the UWRL and other water resources research institutions
22
14
Miscellaneous, Search for new director of UWRL
22
15
Miscellaneous, Timpanogas group, related to
Central Utah Project
22
16
Miscellaneous, UWRL facilities
22
17
Miscellaneous, UWRL facities, Design West
22
18
Miscellaneous, UWRL, construction and completion
of new facilities
23
1
Miscellaneous, UWRL, mission statement
1981
23
2
Miscellaneous, UWRL, committee on administrative
structure
23
3
Miscellaneous, UWRL professional staff Addendum
(3/27/02)
Alphabetical files
24
1
Allotment, Evaluation Process
1979
24
2
Allotment, Proposals
1975
24
3
Allotment, Proposals
1977
24
4
Allotment, Proposals
1978
24
5
Allotment, Proposals
1979
24
6
Allotment, Proposals
1980
25
1
Allotment, Request for
1968
25
2
Allotment, Request for
1972-73
25
3
Allotment, Request for
1974
25
4
Allotment, Request for
1976
25
5
Allotment, Request for
1977
25
6
Allotment, Request for
1978
25
7
Allotment, Request for
1979
25
8
Allotment, Request for
1980
26
1
Allotment, Research Needs
1969
26
2
Allotment, Research Needs
1978
26
3
Allotment, Research Needs
1979
26
4
Allotment, Summaries
1969-1971
26
5
Allotment, Summaries
1972
26
6
Aqualantes, Colorado River
26
7
Atmospheric Sciences
26
8
Bear Lake, Clean Lake Study (Vince Lamarra)
26
9
Big Wash Project, Milford, Utah
27
1
Budget
1965
27
2
Budget
1966
27
3
Budget.
1967
27
4
Budget
1968
27
5
Budget
1969
27
6
Budget
1970
27
7
Budget
1971
27
8
Budget, Financial Summaries
27
9
Bureau of Reclamation
27
10
Bureau of Reclamation, Dams
27
11
Bureau of Reclamation, Pamphlets
27
12
California, Irrigation Districts Association
27
13
California, Southern California Metropolitan
Water District
27
14
California, Water Plan, Southwest Water Council
27
15
Center for Water Resources Research, General
27
16
Central Utah Project
28
1
Citizen Advisory Council
1970
28
2
Citizen Advisory Council
1976
28
3
Citizen Advisory Council
1977 February
28
4
Citizen Advisory Council
1977 November
28
5
Citizen Advisory Council
1978 February
28
6
Citizen Advisory Council
1978 November & 1979 November
Includes transcript of meeting
28
7
Civil Engineering Department, Preliminary Report
on Departmental Planning, Cleve Milligan
28
8
Colorado River, Cartoon drawing depicting basin
states as hogs
28
9
Colorado River, Project, miscellaneous
28
10
Colorado River, Reports
28
11
Colorado River, Symposium on the aquatic
resources management of the Colorado River ecosystem, Las Vegas, Nevada
1981 November
29
1
Colorado River, Water allocations and depletions
29
2
Colorado River, Water quality
29
3
Columbia River Basin
29
4
Correspondence, Center and Institute Directors
1978
29
5
Correspondence, Associates
1977
29
6
Correspondence, Associates
1978
29
7
Correspondence, Bagley, Jay M.
29
8
Correspondence, Center for Water Resources
Research Council
1977
30
1
Correspondence, Center for Water Resources
Research
1972
30
2
Correspondence, Center for Water Resources
Research
1973
30
3
Correspondence, Center for Water Resources
Research
1977
30
4
Correspondence, Fletcher, Joel
30
5
Correspondence, Miscellaneous
30
6
Correspondence, Peterson, Dean F.
30
7
Correspondence, National Association of Water
Institute Directors
1976
30
8
Correspondence, National Association of Water
Institute Directors II
1976
30
9
Correspondence, National Association of Water
Institute Directors
1977
31
1
Correspondence, National Association of Water
Institute Directors
1978
31
2
Correspondence, University Research Council
1968-1975
31
3
Correspondence, Chronological File
1973
31
4
Drought
1977
31
5
Echo Park Dam
31
6
Farmington Bay, Management alternatives for
beneficial use of water collected in
31
7
Ferron Watershed Project
31
8
Groundwater, Contamination in Western Salt Lake
County
31
9
Groundwater, Guidelines for withdrawl in Utah
31
10
Groundwater, Management in recharge areas
31
11
Great Salt Lake, Damage to Salt Lake Minerals
and Chemical Corp.
32
1
Great Salt Lake, Estimation of probabilities of
Great Sal Lake levels from the complete historical record
32
2
Great Salt Lake, Feedback Study, Geoffery Hill
32
3
Great Salt Lake, Response to Reed Searle
32
4
Great Salt Lake, Water quality at Saltair
32
5
Green River
32
6
Hydrologic Data Bank
33
1
Impediments to appropriate
interactions
See also, box 35
33
2
Interviews, Jerry Kinghorn, Bob
Huefner
33
3
Irrigation, Irrigation Short-course
1956
33
4
Irrigation
1946
33
5
Land Use Planning, Scientific inputs to land-use
planning
33
6
Logan Canyon, Highway controversy
1970s
33
7
Logan River, Distribution system
33
8
Logan River, Logan, Hyde Park and Smithfield
Canal
33
9
Minutes, Center for Water Resources Research
Council
1964-1973
33
10
Minutes, Center for Water Resources Research
Council
1973-1978
33
11
Minutes, Utah Division of Water Resources
December 16, 1965; January 17, 1974
33
12
Navajo Project
34
1
National Association of Water Institute
Directors
October 28-29, 1975
34
2
National Association of Water Institute
Directors, miscellaneous
34
3
National Association of Water Institute
Directors, Articles of Incorporation
34
4
Palasades Dam
34
5
Phreatophytes
34
6
Phreatophyte Committee
34
7
Poem, Parady of ‘Twas a Night Before Christmas
34
8
Research needs
34
9
Salt Lake Study, Charter proposals,
municipalities
34
10
Salt Lake Study, Computer printouts
34
11
Salt Lake Study, County service areas
34
12
Salt Lake Study, County water and sewer
districts
34
13
Salt Lake Study, Correspondence
35
1
Salt Lake Study, Drafts, Chapter 1
35
2
Salt Lake Study, Drafts, Chapter 2
35
3
Salt Lake Study, Drafts, Chapter 2
35
4
Salt Lake Study, Drafts, Chapter 3
35
5
Salt Lake Study, Drafts, Chapter 3
35
6
Salt Lake Study, Drafts, Chapter 3
35
7
Salt Lake Study, Drafts, Chapter 4
35
8
Salt Lake Study, Drafts, Chapter 5
35
9
Salt Lake Study, Drafts, Chapter References
35
10
Salt Lake Study, Interviews
35
11
Salt Lake Study, Metropolitan Water District
35
12
Salt Lake Study, Midvale
35
13
Salt Lake Study, Municipal Improvement District
35
14
Salt Lake Study, Murray
35
15
Salt Lake Study, Proposal for Study
35
16
Salt Lake Study, Riverton
35
17
Salt Lake Study, Salt Lake City
35
18
Salt Lake Study, Salt Lake County
35
19
Salt Lake Study, Salt Lake County Government
Study Commission
35
20
Salt Lake Study, Sandy
35
21
Salt Lake Study, South Jordan
35
22
Salt Lake Study, South Salt Lake
35
23
Salt Lake Study, Special Districts
35
24
Salt Lake Study, Special Service Districts
35
25
Salt Lake Study, Statistical
Information
36
1
Salt Lake Study, West Jordan
36
2
Salt Lake Study, Wasatch Front Regional Council
36
3
Salt Lake Study, Water Conservancy District and
sub-Districts
36
4
Salt River Valley, Nevada
36
5
Senator Wash Dam (Colorado River)
36
6
Sevier River Study
36
7
Sevier River Study, Committee Reports
36
8
Sevier River Study, Report on Early Action
Programs
36
9
Sevier River Study, Correspondence
37
Alphabetical Sevier River Study, Computer
Printouts for measurements and readings, etc.
38
Alphabetical Sevier River Study, Computer
Printouts for measurements and readings, etc.
39
1
Taggart, President Glen L., Position Paper on
the 1975 Water Resources Development Act
39
2
Utah Center for Water Resources Research,
General, including information on staff and faculty; accreditation; history;
and a short report on algal blooms in Hyrum Lake
39
3
Utah Center for Water Resources Research,
Official documents
39
4
Utah Center for Water Resources Research,
Organization and functions
39
5
Urbanization, Impacts on water use....
39
6
Water management, perceptions among legislators
and water leaders...
39
7
Weather Modification
39
8
Weather Modification
39
9
Weather Modification
40
1
Weber Basin Project
40
2
Water Resources Research Act
1975
40
3
Water Research Laboratory, Proposal
40
4
Water Research Laboratory, Proposal
40
5
Water Research Laboratory, Proposal
40
6
Water Research Laboratory, Prospectus
40
7
Water Research Laboratory, Report on an
irrigation water control and distribution laboratory for the Western states
40
8
Water Research Laboratory, Plans
40
9
Water Research Laboratory, Plans