Science Panel Meetings:
Utah Lake Water Quality Study

• Agenda
• Presentations
  • Technical Support Document Overview
  • Utah Lake Bioassay Final Report – Utah Lake Nutrient Limitation of Phytoplankton, Cyanobacterial, and Cyanotoxins
  • Utah Lake Littoral Sediment Study – an Assessment of C, N, and P Dynamics in the Utah Lake Littoral Zone
• Meeting Summary
• Video Archive

• Meeting Outcomes
• Presentations
• Meeting Summaries
• Video Archive
  • February 23, 2023
  • February 2, 2023
  • January 26, 2023
  • January 19, 2023
  • January 10, 2023
  • January 5, 2023
  • December 22, 2022
  • December 8, 2022
  • December 1, 2022
  • November 17, 2022
  • November 10, 2022: Part 1 | Part 2
  • November 3, 2022
  • October 27, 2022
  • October 20, 2022
  • October 6, 2022
  • September 29, 2022
  • September 22, 2022
  • September 15, 2022
  • September 8, 2022
  • August 18, 2022

• Agenda
• Meeting Summary
• Presentations
• Video Archive

• Agenda
• Meeting Summary
• Video Archive

• Agenda 
• Meeting Summary
• Presentations
  • ULWQS Science Panel Atmospheric Deposition Results
• Video Archive

• Agenda
• Meeting Summary
• Presentations
  • Atmospheric Dust Contribution Estimates
• Video Archive

• Agenda
• Meeting Summary
• Presentations
  • Numeric Nutrient Criteria Technical Support Document Preparation
  • Lake and Watershed Model Development
  • Sediment P-Binding
• Video Archive

• Agenda 
• Meeting Summary 
• Presentations
  • ULWQS Charge Questions Reporting
  • Implementation Framework – Next Steps
• Video Archive

• Agenda 
• Meeting Summary 
• Presentations 
  • Historical Conditions Interim Progress Report
  • Macrophytes and Diatoms Interim Progress Report
  • Sediments Interim Progress Report
  • Fish, Aquatic Life, and birds Interim Progress Report
  • HABs Interim Progress Report
  • Criteria Development Interim Progress Report
  • Lake and Watershed Model Development
• Video Archive

• Agenda 
• Meeting Summary 
• Presentations 
  • Carbon, Nitrogen, and Phosphorus Mass Balance Project Update
  • Initial Charge Progress Reporting
  • Atmospheric Deposition Study Update
• Video Archive

• Agenda
• Meeting Summary 
• Presentations
  • Carbon, Nitrogen, and Phosphorus Mass Balance Project Update
  • Initial Charge Progress Reporting
• Video Archive

• Agenda 
• Meeting Summary 
• Presentations
  • Carbon, Nitrogen, and Phosphorus Mass Balance Project Update 
• Video Archive

• Agenda 
• Meeting Summary 
• Presentations
  • Carbon, Nitrogen, and Phosphorus Mass Balance Project Update
• Video Archive

• Agenda 
• Meeting Summary 
• Presentations 
  • Utah Lake Bioassay Study Results and Draft Report
  • Utah Lake Phosphorus Binding Study First Steps
  • Utah Lake Paleolimnology Study Update
  • Utah Lake Littoral-Benthic Primary Production Results
  • Review of SRP and Future Activities
• Video Archive

Panel Call #19

• Agenda 
• Meeting Summary 
• Presentations
  • Update on C, N, and P Study 
  • A Mass Balance Based Analysis of Internal Loading and a Prediction of Utah Lake’s Temporal Recovery from External Nutrient Load Reductions
  • Update on Analysis Report: Phytoplankton Modeling
• Video Archive

Panel Call #18

• Agenda 
• Meeting Summary 
• Video Archive

Panel Call #17

• Agenda 
• Presentations
  • Review of Information Available for Response Development 
• Meeting Summary 
• Video Archive

Panel Call #16

• Agenda 
• Presentations
  • Approach for Developing Responses to Steering Committee Questions 
• Meeting Summary
• Video Archive

Panel Call #15

• Agenda 
• Presentations
  • Overview of EFDC Model Results 
  • Overview of WASP Model Results 
  • Assessment of Models 
• Meeting Summary 
• Video Archive

Panel Call #14

• Agenda 
• Presentations
  • Phosphorus Binding RFP Update 
  • Strategic Research Plan Update
  • Analysis Report Update
• Meeting Summary 
• Video Archive

Panel Call #13

• Agenda 
• Presentations
  • Update on Utah Lake Bioassay Study 
  • Utah Lake Sediment Calcite Phosphorus Binding 
  • Utah Lake Strategic Research Plan Update 
• Meeting Summary 
• Video Archive

2020 Science Panel Call #12

• Agenda
• Presentations
  • Utah Lake Littoral Sediment RFP 
  • Utah Lake C, N, and P Budget Work Plan 
  • Utah Lake Technical Framework Summary 
• Meeting Summary 
• Video Archive

Science Panel Call #7

• Agenda 
• Presentations
  • Strategic Research Plan – Identify RFP Topics
  • Utah Lake Model Development
    • Progress Update on U of U Model Development
    • Discussion of Existing Model Structure and Missing Components
• Meeting Summary 
• Video Archive
  • March 19, 2020
  • March 20, 2020

Science Panel Call #11

• Agenda 
• Presentations 
• Meeting Summary 
• Video Archive

Science Panel Call #10

• Agenda 

Science Panel Call #10

• Agenda 
• Presentations
  • Overview of results from Science Panel meeting #6 
  • Brief review of initial charge 
  • Brief reminder of TSSD proposal and update on timeline
• Video Archive

Science Panel Meeting #6

• Agenda 
• Presentations
  • December 10, 2019
    • Utah Lake Sediment Nutrient Interactions 
    • Bioassays to Investigate Nutrient Limitation of Utah Lake
    • Paleolimnology and Paleoecology of Utah Lake 
    • Approaches for Uncertainty associated with Consensus-based Decision Making and Mechanistic Modeling 
    • Numeric Nutrient Criteria Framework 
    • Utah Lake Model Development Update 
  • December 11, 2019
    • Strategic Research Plan Development 
    • Recap Connections between Framework, Uncertainty, and Strategic Research Plan 
    • Data Characterization Analysis Plan Results and Discussion 
    • Update and Discussion on Conceptual Models 
    • Factors Affecting the Ecological Health and Integrity of Utah Lake 
    • Utah Lake Mass Balance Analysis Update
• Meeting Summary
  • Summary 
• Video Archive
  • December 10, 2019 (AM)
  • December 10, 2019 (PM)
  • December 11, 2019

Science Panel Call #9

• Agenda 
• Meeting Summary
• Video Archive

Science Panel Meeting #5

• Agenda 
• Presentations
  • An “omnics” approach to cyanobacteria ecology in Utah Lake 
  • Utah Lake food web and ecosystem research 
  • Phosphorus and algae growth in Utah Lake 
  • Utah Lake loading analysis 
  • Nutrient criteria framework, conceptual models, and data characterization analysis plan 
  • Utah Lake Sediment water nutrient interactions 
  • Data gaps analysis 
  • Overview of DWQ’s nutrient removal cost impact study 
• Meeting Summary
  • Action Items 
  • Meeting Summary 
• Video Archive
  • July 10, 2019
  • July 11, 2019, Morning
  • July 11, 2019, Afternoon

Science Panel Call#8

• Agenda 
• Presentations
  • Project Team Update
• Meeting Summary
• Video Archive
  • June 13, 2019

Science Panel Call #7

• Agenda 
• Materials
  • Model Discussion Outline  
• Presentations
  • Potential Model Applications
  • Project Team Update
• Meeting Summary
• Video Archive
  • April 25, 2019

Science Panel Meeting #4

• Agenda 
• Presentations
  • Conceptual Model Update
  • June Sucker Recovery Implementation Program
  • Phosphorus in Utah Lake Sediments
  • Phosphorus, grazers, and temperatures may intensify Utah Lake HABs
  • Literature Review Update
  • Uncertainty Guidance Development
  • RFP Development 
  • Analysis Plan Update
  • DWQ 2019 Draft Sampling and Analysis Plan
• Meeting Summary
• Video Archive
  • March 11, 2019
  • March 12, 2019

Science Panel Meeting #3

• Agenda 
• Presentations
  • Meeting Overview 
  • Lines of Evidence 
  • Conceptual Model 
  • Data Characterization 
  • Exploratory Research Ideas 
• Meeting Summary
• Video Archive

Science Panel Call #6

• Agenda 
• Meeting Summary
• Video Archive

Informational Call on Science Panel Operating Principles

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

Science Panel Call #5

• Agenda 
• Meeting Summary
• Video Archive

Science Panel Calls #3 and #4

• Agenda
• Presentations
  • Meeting Summary 
  • Overview of University of Utah Modeling Efforts
  • Review of SP comments 
• Video Archive
  • August 28th Video Archive
  • August 30th Video Archive

Science Panel Meeting #2

• Audio Recording
• Agenda 
• Presentations
  • WASP Modeling for Utah Lake 
  • Hydrodynamics and Sediment Transport 
• Meeting Summary 
• Video Archive

Science Panel Calls 1 and 2

• Agenda 
• Presentations
  • Utah Lake Literature Review Task
  • Overview of Utah Lake Phase 1 Report
• Video Archive
  • July 11, 2018
  • July 12, 2018
• Meeting Summary

Science Panel Meeting #1

• Agenda 
• Science Panel Membership 
• Scope of Utah Lake Study 
• Presentations
  • Overview of Why We’re Here: Setting the Context 
• Video Archive
• Meeting Summary