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Sand Hollow Reservoir in Washington County, Utah, was completed in
March 2002 and is operated primarily for managed aquifer recharge
by the Washington County Water Conservancy District. From 2002
through 2009, total surface-water diversions of about 154,000
acre-feet to Sand Hollow Reservoir have allowed it to remain nearly
full since 2006. Groundwater levels in monitoring wells near the
reservoir rose through 2006 and have fluctuated more recently
because of variations in reservoir water-level altitude and nearby
pumping from production wells. Between 2004 and 2009, a total of
about 13,000 acre-feet of groundwater has been withdrawn by these
wells for municipal supply. In addition, a total of about 14,000
acre-feet of shallow seepage was captured by French drains adjacent
to the North and West Dams and used for municipal supply,
irrigation, or returned to the reservoir. From 2002 through 2009,
about 86,000 acre-feet of water seeped beneath the reservoir to
recharge the underlying Navajo Sandstone aquifer. Water-quality
sampling was conducted at various monitoring wells in Sand Hollow
to evaluate the timing and location of reservoir recharge moving
through the aquifer. Tracers of reservoir recharge include major
and minor dissolved inorganic ions, tritium, dissolved organic
carbon, chlorofluorocarbons, sulfur hexafluoride, and noble gases.
By 2010, this recharge arrived at monitoring wells within about
1,000 feet of the reservoir.
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