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Executive Director’s OfficeUtah Monitoring Plan:
Water Quality
Utah’s Monitoring Plan describes the implementation and monitoring design of the monitoring objectives and activities for the next 10 years.
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Utah Monitoring Plan:
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.
Jordan River: Monitoring Ecological Change with Smartphones and Social Media
Salt Lake County Watershed Planning & Restoration is using crowd-sourced photos to help with the ongoing monitoring of its stream restoration projects on the Jordan River. The county invites people to set their phone or camera in an angle bracket, take a photo, and post it to Twitter with a site-specific hashtag.
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DEQ Monitoring Program Targets E. coli in Utah Waters
By DEQ Communications Office Escherichia coli (E.coli) have been in the news a lot lately. The outbreak in Hildale that claimed the lives of two children, a recent health advisory at Utah Lake’s Sandy Beach, and a boil water order in Lindon City last winter — all attributed to E. coli contamination. And while most …
Read MoreWater Quality: The Power of Sister Agencies
By Suzan Tahir I have the privilege to live in one of the most beautiful states in the USA. Our state is an incredible and endless resource for hiking, skiing, backpacking, rock climbing, sightseeing, and other outdoors and recreational activities. We have extremely beautiful nature in abundance, but one of our most precious natural resources …
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