Great Salt Lake Basin Hydrologic Observatory

Partnerships

The region presents great opportunity for partnering of academic and non-academic research interests, since several universities, the USGS, USDA, USFS, NOAA, Utah Department of Environmental Quality, Water conservancy districts, and others, are actively conducting research in the basin.

There is a long and extensive history of multidisciplinary and collaborative research in the Great Salt Lake Basin, with a diversity of projects ranging from biological studies of the Great Salt Lake and its ecosystem to surface water and climatological studies in the watersheds that feed the lake. Follow this link for more information regarding ongoing studies within the Great Salt Lake Basin.

Among the many universities promoting the Great Salt Lake Hydrologic Observatory, four are located within the boundaries of the basin, and can provide a wealth of academic, technical, and logistical support. The following figure shows the location of these universities. In addition, offices for the U.S. Geological Survey, U.S. Forest Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture Natural Resource Conservation Service, Bureau of Land Management, and the National Weather Service, are located near the center of the basin.

Map of the four universities located within the Great Salt Lake Basin

The Great Salt Lake Basin contains a vast amount of existing data and infrastructure that is owned and managed by federal, state, local, and academic organizations within the basin. An extensive listing of available resources is provided on the data and infrastructure page. In addition, the four universities located within the basin have a variety of research facilities available that include research laboratories, computer centers, dormitories, vehicles, monitoring equipment, and other research facilities and infrastructure.

USGS Gage

An extensive network of streamflow gauging and water quality monitoring stations exists in the Great Salt Lake Basin, providing data and information to researchers doing work throughout the basin.

Source: USGS.

Of particular note is the Utah Water Research Laboratory (UWRL) located at Utah State University in Logan, Utah. The 102,000 square foot UWRL facility contains offices and laboratories that house engineers, scientists, laboratory technicians, and students from a variety of engineering and water science disciplines. Designed to meet the needs of these disciplines, the UWRL has well equipped environmental quality and hydraulics laboratories; computer facilities; conference rooms; and administrative, faculty, staff, and student offices.

In addition to the UWRL, there are several other local infrastructure resources that include Campbell Scientific, which is based in Logan, Utah and is one of the world's leading suppliers of monitoring instrumentation; the Environmental Modeling Research Laboratory at Brigham Young University, which creates state of the art environmental modeling software specializing in ground water, watershed, and surface water modeling; and DOSECC, a nonprofit corporation whose offices are in Salt Lake City and whose mission is to provide leadership and technical support in subsurface sampling and monitoring technology for addressing topics of scientific and societal importance.

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PARTNERSHIPS. The region presents great opportunity for partnering of academic and non-academic research interests, since several universities, the USGS, USDA, USFS, NOAA, Utah Department of Environmental Quality, Water conservancy districts, and others, are actively conducting research in the basin.