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Utah’s Priority Lakes and Reservoirs 1999:
Watershed Management ProgramUtah’s Lakes and Reservoirs, An Inventory and Classification of Utah’s Priority Lakes and Reservoirs
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Watershed Protection
Utah’s Watershed Management Program is focused on protecting and restoring the water quality of our streams, lakes and ground water resources by employing the following key elements: Stewardship, Monitoring and Assessment, Coordination and Watershed Planning.
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Monitoring: Water Quality
Utah assesses the quality of its surface water resources to protect it for drinking, fishing, boating, irrigation, stock watering, and supporting aquatic wildlife. Learn about Water Quality’s various monitoring programs.
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J Lyne Roberts and Sons
Read about Utah DEQ’s regulatory interests in J Lyne Roberts and Sons.
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Questar Gas Services dba Dominion Energy
Read about Utah DEQ’s regulatory interests in Questar Gas Services dba Dominion Energy.
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Intermountain Concrete Company
Read about Utah DEQ’s regulatory interests in the Intermountain Concrete Company.
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Maverik, Inc.
Read about Utah DEQ’s regulatory interests in Maverik, Inc.
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Water Quality Laws and Rules
Utah Division of Water Quality Laws and Rules.
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Water Quality Laws and Rules:
Proposed Rule ChangesNotice of Public Comment Period Through June 17, 2024 the Division of Water Quality is requesting formal public comment on its Draft Rule: R317-16. Great Salt Lake Mineral Extraction Facility Operator Certification Approval. Please direct comments to James Harris (jamesharris@utah.gov, (801) 541-3069) The following table gives information and links for water quality rules which are currently…
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Watershed Activities
EPA Resources: Monitoring Data in the San Juan Watershed EPA and the states and tribes in the watershed have worked together to identify watershed-wide and state- and tribe-specific priorities to supplement previous and ongoing monitoring and assessment activities, enhance understanding of the condition of the San Juan watershed, and identify future opportunities for improving watershed…
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Trails Edge
Read about Utah DEQ’s regulatory interests in Trails Edge.
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Hidden Canyon
Read about Utah DEQ’s regulatory interests in Hidden Canyon.
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Suspended Sediments
The Division of Water Quality (DWQ) is working with the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) to monitor suspended sediment concentration (SSC) in the San Juan River using acoustic Doppler velocity meters (ADVM). This is a 10-year project that began in 2018 and will take place at a single site on the San Juan River near Mexican…
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Mining Inventory and Source Identification
The Division of Water Quality (DWQ) worked with the University of Utah to conduct a mining inventory and source identification study in the San Juan River watershed. The primary objective of the first study, Source Identification of Particulate Metals/Metalloids Deposited in the San Juan River Delta of Lake Powell, USA, was to differentiate mining and…
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Lake Powell Coring Project
Sediment deposits accumulated in the San Juan River and Colorado River deltas of Lake Powell since completion of Glen Canyon Dam are known to contain mining-related sediment from the Upper Colorado River basin. Of particular interest are heavy metals from historic mining in the Upper Animas River watershed deposited in the San Juan River delta.…
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Human Health and Ecological Risks
The Utah Division of Water Quality (DWQ) contracted with Tetra Tech to conduct ecological risk assessments in the San Juan River and Lake Powell to determine impacts from the Gold King Mine spill. The assessments were completed in 2018 and serve as a screening exercise to conservatively estimate potential risks to both humans and ecology…
