{"id":1657,"date":"2022-03-15T23:02:47","date_gmt":"2022-03-15T23:02:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cwcedb.utah.edu\/?page_id=1657"},"modified":"2025-11-17T17:33:13","modified_gmt":"2025-11-17T17:33:13","slug":"groundwater","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/cwc.utah.gov\/central-wasatch-dashboard\/water\/groundwater\/","title":{"rendered":"Groundwater"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">What is groundwater?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Large amounts of water are stored in the ground. The water is still moving, possibly very slowly, and it is still part of the water cycle. Most of the water in the ground comes from precipitation that infiltrates downward from the land surface. The upper layer of the soil is the unsaturated zone, where water is present in varying amounts that change over time, but does not saturate the soil. Below this layer is the saturated zone, where all of the pores, cracks, and spaces between rock particles are saturated with water. The term groundwater is used to describe this area.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.usgs.gov\/special-topics\/water-science-school\/science\/groundwater-storage-and-water-cycle\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">USGS<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/geology.utah.gov\/water\/groundwater\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Click here<\/a> for information from the Utah Geological survey on Utah groundwater<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-css-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Explore groundwater trends for different locations by selecting different sites.<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Data last updated: 11\/17\/2025<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class='tableauPlaceholder' id='viz1758307685217' style='position: relative'><noscript><a href='#'><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" alt='Dashboard 1 ' src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/public.tableau.com\/static\/images\/Hi\/Historic_groundwater_automated\/Dashboard1\/1_rss.png?w=1200&#038;ssl=1\" style='border: none' \/><\/a><\/noscript><object class='tableauViz'  style='display:none;'><param name='host_url' value='https%3A%2F%2Fpublic.tableau.com%2F' \/> <param name='embed_code_version' value='3' \/> <param name='site_root' value='' \/><param name='name' value='Historic_groundwater_automated&#47;Dashboard1' \/><param name='tabs' value='no' \/><param name='toolbar' value='yes' \/><param name='static_image' value='https:&#47;&#47;public.tableau.com&#47;static&#47;images&#47;Hi&#47;Historic_groundwater_automated&#47;Dashboard1&#47;1.png' \/> <param name='animate_transition' value='yes' \/><param name='display_static_image' value='yes' \/><param name='display_spinner' value='yes' \/><param name='display_overlay' value='yes' \/><param name='display_count' value='yes' \/><param name='language' value='en-US' \/><\/object><\/div>                <script type='text\/javascript'>                    var divElement = document.getElementById('viz1758307685217');                    var vizElement = divElement.getElementsByTagName('object')[0];                    if ( divElement.offsetWidth > 800 ) { vizElement.style.width='100%';vizElement.style.height=(divElement.offsetWidth*0.75)+'px';} else if ( divElement.offsetWidth > 500 ) { vizElement.style.width='100%';vizElement.style.height=(divElement.offsetWidth*0.75)+'px';} else { vizElement.style.width='100%';vizElement.style.height='877px';}                     var scriptElement = document.createElement('script');                    scriptElement.src = 'https:\/\/public.tableau.com\/javascripts\/api\/viz_v1.js';                    vizElement.parentNode.insertBefore(scriptElement, vizElement);                <\/script>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What is groundwater? 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