Steering Committee Meeting Updates: Utah Lake Water Quality Study

March 9, 2026

• Agenda
• Meeting Summary
• Presentations: Project approach and next steps
• Video Archive

March 24, 2025

• Agenda
• Meeting Summary
• Presentations
  • Charge Questions: Deep Dive: Page 1
  • Utah Lake Water Quality Implementation Plan: Page 19
• Video Archive
  • Utah Lake Water Quality Study Steering Committee Virt

January 9, 2025

• Agenda
• Meeting Summary
• Presentations
  • Utah Lake Water Quality Study Overview (page 1)
  • Charge Questions Update (page 16)
  • Science Panel Atmospheric Deposition Update (page 56)
  • Majority Perspective on Atmospheric Deposition (page 87)
  • Minority Perspective on Atmospheric Deposition (page 143)
• Video Archive

November 29, 2022

• Agenda
• Meeting Summary
• Presentations (index below)
  • Utah Lake Watershed Model Update
  • Utah Lake Preliminary Point Source Estimates (page 23)
  • ULWQS Steering Committee – Science Panel Nomination Process (page 32)

March 17, 2022

• Agenda
• Meeting Summary
• Presentations (index below)
  • Introduction to User Perception Surveys
  • Implementation Framework Decision Points (page 20)
• Video Archive

January 19, 2022--Joint Meeting with the ULWQS Steering Committee

• Agenda
• Meeting Summary
• Presentations (index below)
  • ULWQS Charge Questions Reporting (page 1)
  • Implementation Framework – Next Steps (page 14)
• Video Archive

December 14, 2021

• Agenda
• Presentations
• Meeting Summary
• Video Archive

August 25, 2021

• Agenda
• Presentations (index below)
  
  • Introduction to Phase 3 – Implementation Planning (page 1)
  • Water Quality Modeling Introduction (page 21)
  • Utah Lake Water Quality Model Development (page 27)
• Meeting Materials
  • Science Panel Update
• Meeting Summary
• Video Archive

May 26, 2021

• Agenda (index below)
  • Review of March 25, 2021 Steering Committee Meeting Action Items (page 1)
  • Utah Lake Numeric Nutrient Criteria Framework Document (page 10)
  • Science Panel Update (page 25)
• Meeting Summary
• Video Archive

March 25, 2021

• Agenda
• Meeting Summary
• Presentations (index below)
  • Review of the ULWQS Process (page 1)
  • Health Effects Related to Harmful Algae Bloom Exposure (page 8)
  • Toxigenic Cell Count Densities in Utah DWQ/DOH Recreational HAB Advisory Program (page 25)
  • Recreational Ambient Water Quality Criteria and/or Swimming Advisories for Toxins (page 42)
  • Drivers of CyanoHABs and their Relevance to the ULWQS (page 49)
• Video Archive

November 30, 2020

Steering Committee Call #8

• Agenda
• Meeting Summary
• Video Archive

November 17, 2020

Steering Committee Call #7

• Agenda
• Meeting Summary

September 30, 2020

Steering Committee Call #6

• Agenda
• Presentations
  • Update on Science Panel Research Projects
  • Update on Technical Consultant Progress (page 9)
• Meeting Summary

June 4, 2020

Steering Committee Call #5

• Agenda
• Presentations (index below)
  • Strategic Research Plan Priorities (page 3)
  • Littoral Sediment RFP Overview (page 12)
  • C, N, and P Budget Work Plan (page 20)
  • Calcite Interactions RFP Development  (page 27)
• Meeting Summary

May 26, 2020

Steering Committee Call #4

• Agenda
• Presentations
  • Review Steering Committee Comments on ULWQS NNC Technical Framework
• Meeting Summary

March 13, 2020

Steering Committee Meeting #9

• Agenda
• Presentations (index below)
  • Overview of Science Panel work on Uncertainty Guidance, the NNC Framework, and Strategic Research Priorities (page 1)
  • Amendments to Science Panel Operating Principles (page 21)
  • Amendments to Steering Committee Operating Principles (page 30)
  • Update on Utah Lake Algal Treatment RFPs (page 37)
  • Update on Other Science Panel Activities (page 41)
• Meeting Summary

December 2, 2019

Steering Committee Meeting #8

• Agenda
• Presentations
  • Nominations Process to Refill Science Panel Vacancy
  • Review Progress on Technical Consultant Progress
  • Progress on Near-term Research Projects
  • Review ULWQS Budget and Project Needs
• Meeting Summary

May 30, 2019

Steering Committee Meeting #7

• Agenda
• Presentations
  • Science Panel Update
  • Research Grant Timeline
  • Springville City Update
  • Timpanogos Special Service District Update
  • POTW Planning Analysis
• Meeting Summary

December 11, 2018

Steering Committee Meeting #6

• Agenda
• Presentations
  
  • Overview of Final Phase 1 Report
  • Science Panel Update

• Meeting Materials
  • Utah Lake Water Quality Study Phase 1 Report
• Meeting Summary

October 31, 2018

Informational Call on Science Panel Operating Principles (1:00 pm to 1:30 pm)

This informational call with the Steering Committee and Science Panel will discuss proposed changes to the Science Panel Operating Principles document to further clarify management of conflicts of interest.

September 6, 2018

Steering Committee Meeting #5

• Agenda (570 KB)
• Meeting Summary (176 KB)

August 9, 2018

Joint Steering Committee and Science Panel Meeting #2

• Agenda (563 KB)
• Presentations
  
  • A Review of Harmful Algal Blooms
  • Utah Lake Elevation and Water Quality
  • Cyanobacteria Blooms on Utah Lake
• Meeting Summary

June 13, 2018

Steering Committee Meeting #4

• Agenda
• Meeting Summary

May 31, 2018

Joint Steering Committee and Science Panel Foundation-Setting Meeting

• Agenda
• Science Panel Membership
• Scope of Utah Lake Study
• Presentations
  • Introduction to Conceptual Mapping
  • Establishing Nutrient Criteria in Lakes
    • Vocabulary, terminology, and concepts
    • EPA’s role in approving nutrient criteria and expectations
    • Water Management of Utah Lake
    • Public Health Issues Related to Utah Lake
    • Introduction to Shallow Lake Ecology
    • Applying the Principles of Shallow Lake Ecology to the Recovery of an Endangered Fish
  • Recreation Value and Economic Impacts of Utah Lake
    • Overview of usage and visitation and Economic Impacts of HABs
    • Overview of UDWQ economic benefits for nutrient reduction on Utah Lake
    • Results and implications of Phase 1 ULWQS Report
• Meeting Summary

May 10, 2018

Utah Lake Steering Committee Call #3

• Agenda
• Meeting Summary

April 12, 2018

Utah Lake Steering Committee Call #2

• Agenda
• Meeting Materials
  • Utah Lake Study Scope Document
• Meeting Summary

April 3, 2018

Utah Lake Steering Committee Call #1

• Agenda
• Meeting Materials
  • Proposed Science Panel Membership Memo
• Meeting Summary

March 12, 2018

Utah Lake Steering Committee Meeting #3

• Agenda
• Meeting Materials
  
  • Science Panel Nominations Process Memo
  • Science Panel Configuration Options
  • Science Panel Nomination Summary Data
  • Information to Set the Foundation for the Steering Committee and Science Panel
• Video Archive (YouTube)

January 23, 2018

Utah Lake Steering Committee Meeting #2

• Agenda
• Presentations
  • Overview of Key Components of the Stakeholder Process Document
  • Introduction to Interest-based Negotiations
  • Standing Up the Science Panel
• Meeting Materials
  • Scope of Utah Lake Study: Site Specific Standards and Implementation
• Video Archive (YouTube)
• Meeting Summary
• Written Public Comments

January 4, 2018

Utah Lake Steering Committee Meeting #1

• Agenda
• Presentations
  • Overview of Why We’re Here Part 1
  • Overview of Why We’re Here Part 2
• Meeting Summary
• Proposed schedule and topics for future meetings

June 22, 2017
Stakeholder Process

On June 22, 2017, the Utah Lake Commission Governing Board formally adopted a resolution endorsing the stakeholder process.

In November 2016, the Utah Division of Water Quality, Utah Lake Commission, and a group of engaged stakeholder initiated an effort to revise the existing stakeholder plan to develop a formal process for enhancing relationships, establishing goals and objectives for the project, implementing a scientifically defensible research plan, and recommending policy decisions. The product of this effort is a framework that establishes a 16-member Steering Committee representing the diverse stakeholder interests and an independent Science Panel responsible for developing scientifically defensible water quality goals for the lake. The Utah Lake Water Quality Study Stakeholder Process document discusses this approach in detail.

Additionally, DWQ received numerous comments from the Utah Lake Stakeholder group while developing the Stakeholder Process document. See the comments and associated responses for more information.