Category: Watershed Monitoring Program

Who are Stakeholders? Simply put, stakeholders are people who have a stake, or interest, in what occurs in their area. Ultimately this includes all of us depending on where we live, work, and play. The key difference between a stakeholder and the average citizen is that stakeholders take an active role by participating in watershed…

Watershed planning efforts all share a few common traits Inclusiveness and Coordination Watershed Framework Desire to Preserve and/or Improve the Quality of Life and the Environment Long Term Commitment Development of a Watershed Plan Watershed Plan A watershed plan is a document developed by the watershed planning group that includes: Characterization of the watershed (total…

The Division of Water Quality regularly monitors and assesses our streams and lakes to ensure their designated beneficial uses are supported. Beneficial uses include drinking water, recreation (swimming and boating), aquatic wildlife, and agricultural use (irrigation and stock watering). For more information on please refer to State of Utah’s 305b Report to Congress, individual watershed…

The Division of Water Quality is committed to coordinating watershed restoration efforts with stakeholders and other agencies. Utah Watershed Coordination Council The Utah Watershed Coordination Council, made up of local watershed committee chairpersons and their staff, meet on a quarterly basis to learn about funding sources and training opportunities. An open forum is also provided…

Jump to: Documents Water Quality Modeling Technical Advisory Committee Contact Thank you for your interest in the Jordan River TMDL process. This page is designed to keep the Salt Lake Valley community better informed about what is going on with the Jordan River. Please refer back frequently, as we will continue to keep this page…

Utah’s Lakes and Reservoirs, An Inventory and Classification of Utah’s Priority Lakes and Reservoirs

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.

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…

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…

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…

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.…

The Utah Division of Water Quality (DWQ) contracted with Tetra Tech to conduct human-health and 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…

After the Gold King Mine spill in 2015, the Utah Division of Water Quality (DWQ) collected data in the San Juan River Watershed and Lake Powell System to determine if metal concentrations and sediment loads pose a risk to the beneficial uses in the river. Designated beneficial uses for the San Juan River include: DWQ…

The Division of Water Quality (DWQ) is working with other affected states and tribes in the San Juan Watershed on a long-term water quality monitoring program funded by Congress under the 2016 Water Infrastructure Improvements for the Nation (WIIN) Act. DWQ completed two studies in 2018 as part of its long-term monitoring program to assess…

The San Juan Watershed is vast, covering state and tribal lands over 7 jurisdictions in the Four Corners area including: Colorado, Southern Ute, New Mexico, Ute Mountain Ute, Navajo Nation, Utah, and Arizona. The San Juan River itself is approximately 355 miles long and originates in the San Juan Mountains in southwestern Colorado. It flows…