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Drainage Of The Logan-Hyde Park-Benson Area, Utah, Gordon H. Flammer
Drainage Of The Logan-Hyde Park-Benson Area, Utah, Gordon H. Flammer
All Graduate Theses and Dissertations, Spring 1920 to Summer 2023
B.A. Etcheverry (4) in his book, Land Drainage and Flood Protection, states that inadequate drainage causes: (1) a public health menace, (2) an animal health menace, (3) lower grade plant life, (4) inadequate soil saturation, (5) lower soil temperatures, (6) shallow root penetration and, therefore, plant suffering in late summer months from effects of drought, (7) poor soil texture and workability, (8) increased surface washing and erosion of land surface, and (9) alkali and saline conditions. Other factors such as poorer roads and highways, decreased tax revenues, etc., might be added to this list. The advantages of adequate drainage …
Drainage Of Land Overlying An Artesian Aquifer: Logan-Cache Airport, John Paul Riley
Drainage Of Land Overlying An Artesian Aquifer: Logan-Cache Airport, John Paul Riley
All Graduate Theses and Dissertations, Spring 1920 to Summer 2023
Drainage problem Logan-Cache Airport is situated approximately 4 miles northwest of Logan, Utah, in sections 8, 9, 16, and 17, Township 12 north, Range 1 east, of Salt Lake Base and Meridian. The area of approximately 200 acres is a part of what is known as cache County Drainage District No.2. This district in itself contains more than 8,400 acres of waterlogged lands. Drainage of the se lands has, for many years, been a baffling and unsolved problem, complicated by 3 factors: (a) The whole of the valley in this area is underlain by an artesian ground-water reservoir. (b) The …