Heber City Canals: an Update of Flow Monitoring Stations
Location
USU Eccles Conference Center
Event Website
http://water.usu.edu
Start Date
4-5-2016 5:18 PM
End Date
4-5-2016 5:21 PM
Description
Urbanization and agricultural landuse have great impacts on urban stream hydrology. Heber City is one of Utah’s fastest growing municipalities with ongoing development from agricultural to urban landuse. To assess hydrological impacts from landuse change, flow monitoring stations were installed in Spring and Center Creek canals in Heber City. These sensors observe flow conditions of the canals in fifteen minute increments, thus allowing for an extensive dataset. Initial results indicate moderate variability in flow. Changes in flow seem to correlate with precipitation. However, smaller variations in flow may be influenced by other means such as irrigation. Further data, especially during storm and irrigation seasons, will allow a greater understanding of urban and agricultural impacts on urban stream hydrology.
Heber City Canals: an Update of Flow Monitoring Stations
USU Eccles Conference Center
Urbanization and agricultural landuse have great impacts on urban stream hydrology. Heber City is one of Utah’s fastest growing municipalities with ongoing development from agricultural to urban landuse. To assess hydrological impacts from landuse change, flow monitoring stations were installed in Spring and Center Creek canals in Heber City. These sensors observe flow conditions of the canals in fifteen minute increments, thus allowing for an extensive dataset. Initial results indicate moderate variability in flow. Changes in flow seem to correlate with precipitation. However, smaller variations in flow may be influenced by other means such as irrigation. Further data, especially during storm and irrigation seasons, will allow a greater understanding of urban and agricultural impacts on urban stream hydrology.
https://digitalcommons.usu.edu/runoff/2016/2016Posters/17
Comments
A poster by Jared Brabazon, who is with Brigham Young University, Geology