utah lake utah lake salinity control

utah lake salinity control The District has identified several point sources that contribute a relatively large percentage of salts to the lake, but a very small percentage of the overall water inflow to the lake. One possible alternative for controlling project impacts on Utah Lake salinity levels would be to reduce the salts entering the lake by either treating or preventing inflow to the lake from these tributaries (White Lake, the Bird Island mineral springs, and both Lincoln Point west and east mineral springs). The Act provides money for the District to conduct, with public involvement, a feasibility study to reduce the salinity of the lake. The District is participating with the United States Geological Survey in a study to more accurately define the saline springs in Utah Lake. A product of this study will be maps that accurately describe the rock strata at Bird Island and Lincoln Point of the south end of the lake. The work to be accomplished in the Salinity Study will be in cooperation with the United States Geological Survey and other pertinent agencies to determine the most probable means of decreasing the salinity levels of Utah Lake.