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Long time ago our biology teacher at a high school in Utah County made some very disparaging remarks about the biological health of Utah Lake. Since we kids had played in the water and come down with fevers and itchy skin, we knew he was right.
Has anyone stopped the problems of Utah Lake? Has anyone studied it lately, like yesterday, to see how healthy its water is?
The Shadow asks where are the lab results?
Shadow, we hope the water is reasonably healthy. There are thousands of folks in Salt Lake County that irrigate with it and drink it mixed with canyon water, especially later in the season when water supplies become short.
Stewart, hope is not a health option. We have to know. And there are a zillion and one ways to test the parameters of the water. Utah would do this, right? There are some really cool, neat, wonderful instruments out on the market that can provide the answers we are looking for.
I am so old I can remember open sewer ditches running into Utah Lake. Once, one of my friends fell into one and we would not let him ride back home in our car.
How long does it take to clean out, etc. It is a shallow body of water, right? That means that the winds roll up the bottom sediments, like the Bay of Green Bay in Wisconsin. Roiling and rolling is not unusual in such a lake.
I will cross my fingers that the proper authorities are measuring the health index of Utah Lake. Right?
Shadow Calls Upon Health Authorities to Tell Us.
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