Tag: Piute Reservoir

Piute Reservoir Recreational Monitoring 2022

Recreational water quality monitoring has ended for the season on November 4, 2022 We will resume monitoring for harmful algal blooms and waterborne pathogens in summer 2023. HABs may be present in Utah water bodies year-round. If you are recreating, avoid areas of scum, know how to recognize the signs of a harmful algal bloom, …

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Piute Reservoir Recreational Monitoring 2021

Update September 30, 2021 (HABs) The DWQ HABs monitoring team visited Piute Reservoir on September 29th. Harmful algal blooms were not observed. Cyanotoxin and cell density samples were collected and results are pending. As UDWQ and UDOH continue to visit and monitor waterbodies, updates will be posted. Update August 4, 2021 (HABs) The DWQ HABs …

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Piute Reservoir Algal Bloom Monitoring 2020

Update November 2, 2020 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 or waterborne pathogens at priority water bodies will be conducted until May 2021. This does not mean that the potential for harmful algal …

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Piute Reservoir Algal Bloom Monitoring 2019

Update December 5, 2019 The Central Utah Public Health Department has removed the Warning Advisory for Piute Reservoir. Toxin test results received from the Utah Public Health Lab for samples collected by the Division of Water Quality (DWQ) on November 19, 2019, at the Boat Ramp at Piute Reservoir were well below the recreation health-based …

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