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Digital Collections at BYU
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Title | page 3-20 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 3-20 |
| Coverage | Electronic reproduction; |
| Format | 3-20 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; therefore in situ calcite precipitation accounts for most of the calcite in the bottom sediments and about 7020 7070 7030 70 of the total sediment accumulation rate in the lake remaining sediments come from surface tributary sediment loads which are about 0.1 01 ol oi mmyr amyr when evenly distributed over the lake and about 0.2 02 02 mmyr amyr from miscellaneous sources such as shoreline erosion atmospheric dust and precipitation of other minerals local sedimentation rates and source percentages could vary markedly as affected by local calcium and carbonate levels tributary sediment loads and lake currents since the present sediment load to the lake from tributaries tributa ries is only about 12 of the total it would take very large percentage increases in the spanish fork river to give any significant increase in the lake sediments except at its mouth where some of the increased sediments would accumulate A flow weighted tssloading estimate was made for the lakes tributaries tributa ries and is shown in table 3a aa 4 OTHER WATER 14ater QUALITY FACTORS prediction of future utah lake water quality is a tenuous process at best most water quality constituents listed in the lakes current 2b3b3d4 classification could ori orl originate inate binate from municipal industrial and agricultural activities around the lake as well as from recreation and wildlife activities in the lake itself state regulations require that these activities control pollutants so as to avoid violation of stream and lake water quality standards therefore rigorous law enforcement would theoretically prevent future water quality problems realistically as population and commerce increase more pollutants usually end up in nearby waters in spite of rigorous enforcement of water quality laws in the case of utah lake reasonable water quality standard enforcement should limit increased pollution generation and discharge to relatiavely small quantities without enforcement more water quality standard violations would occur particularly in the tributaries tributa ries since utah lake has a large volume and a good stabilization capacity fairly large changes in pollutant loadings could occur before measurable changes in overall lake quality would result 3 20 |
| Identifier | http://cdm15999.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/WesternWatersProject/id/8938 |
