Monitoring for harmful algal blooms on November 9, 2022 Recreation water quality monitoring has ended for the season. Weber-Morgan Health Department has removed the Warning Advisory. As of last sampling on 10/11 a HAB was still present at East Canyon Reservoir. Know how to recognize the signs of a harmful algal bloom and recreate safely. …
Read MoreUpdate October 20, 2021 (HABs) Samples taken on 9/24/2021 were returned on September 28th. The sample from along the north shore contained a toxigenic cell density of below the UDWQ/UDOH recommended Warning Advisory threshold of 100,000 cells/mL. The DWQ HABs monitoring team re-visited East Canyon Reservoir on October 19th. The monitoring team observed harmful algal …
Read MoreUpdate November 2, 2020 The Warning Advisory for East Canyon Reservoir has been removed as a result of the end of the sampling and monitoring recreation season. The Utah Division of Water Quality’s water recreation season runs from May 1 through October 31. At this time, no further monitoring or sampling for harmful algal blooms …
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Read MoreUpdate November 19, 2019 Toxin test results received from the Utah Public Health Lab (UPHL) for samples collected on November 12, 2019, at Taylor Hollow at East Canyon Reservoir showed anatoxin-a levels that exceeded the recreation health-based threshold for a Warning Advisory. Microcystin levels were well below the advisory threshold. A Warning Advisory indicates a …
Read MoreSee photos from East Canyon Reservoir showing harmful algal blooms.
Read MoreCheck 2018 monitoring updates for harmful algal blooms in the East Canyon Reservoir.
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