Record Details
page 3-80
Digital Collections at BYU
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Title | page 3-80 Phase II summary report (final) : Utah Lake water quality, hydrology and aquatic biology impact analysis summary for the irrigation and drainage system--Bonneville Unit, Central Utah Project, page 3-80 |
| Coverage | Electronic reproduction; |
| Format | 3-80 text/PDF |
| Rights | Brigham Young University; http://lib.byu.edu/about/copyright/generic.php Public Domain Public |
| Language | English; eng; en |
| Relation | Central Utah Project; Western Waters Digital Library; historic rates of water level changes this slope should be between five and eight percent the increased algal growth along the proposed provo bay dike will influence the lake from the point of discharge of treated provo city water north whether this discharge will create blooms that extend to utah lake state park cannot be determined without further knowlege knowledge know lege of shore currents however given the proper conditions drifting and windrowing wind rowing of bluegreen blue green algae along the eastern shore of the lake will occur especially in late summer As previously noted this problem will be seasonal and other than reduced energy flow to the pank planktonic tonic secondary producers utah lake should not undergo the longterm long term problems associated with monomictic monomict ic and dimictic dim ictic lakes utah lake can readily oxidize organics and tie up phosphates because of its shallowness surface winds and chemical nature however if the bluegreen blue green blooms do create a significant nuisance to recreational use along the eastern shore of the lake eg water skiing boating fishing swimming then tertiary treatment of the provo city sewage effluent should be considered at least to the point of removing 50 to 75 percent of the phosphorus loading changes in current patterns and wave action one difficult problem to assess is the effect of changes in current patterns in the south end of the lake resulting from the goshen bay dike construction we do not fully understand the general current patterns in utah lake nor the roles of longshore currents and wave action in maintaining the present utah lake biotic communities if shoreline currents are not present to clean the rubble and hardpan habitats of organic detritus and fine particulates which accumulate there during some parts of the year these areas could silt in and these habitats would not support their characteristic communities if this occurrs occur rs such areas would become ooze habitats this aspect is important in assessing the A or B placement of the goshen bay dike if habitat areas saved by either of these alternatives become strongly altered due to changed current patterns the benefit of a more 380 3 80 |
| Identifier | http://cdm15999.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/WesternWatersProject/id/8822 |
