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Utah’s “Lake Stink”
While the Great Salt Lake is famous worldwide, it’s notorious locally for what has been dubbed “lake stink.”
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Proposed UPDES Permit to Discharge to Great Salt Lake:
Jordan Valley Water Conservancy DistrictJump to: History Meetings Permit Resources The Utah Division of Water Quality received a request from Jordan Valley for a Utah Pollution Discharge Elimination System (UPDES) permit to discharge byproduct water via a 21 mile, 16 inch diameter pipeline running from the Jordan Valley facility in West Jordan to the mouth of Gilbert Bay along…
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Great Salt Lake Summer Ozone Study
DAQ (Division of Air Quality) monitoring found high levels of ozone near the Great Salt Lake from 2010-2013. The Division also found a wide variance in the concentration of ozone in the stable air pocket over the lake during the summertime. Though the mechanisms behind air flow in lake and coastal regions have been studied…
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Great Salt Lake Ambient Hydrochloric Acid Study
Atmospheric chlorine is a strong oxidant and known to potentially initiate photochemistry via reactions with various common hydrocarbons. Kerry et al (2013) found that chlorine atoms significantly contribute to local Salt Lake City PM2.5 during elevated wintertime episodes with ammonium chloride accounting for 10-15% of the PM2.5 mass. In order quantify the concentrations of local…