07-14-2017, 07:31 PM
[#0000FF]Attaching a cut and paste article from yesterday's Salt Lake Tribune...for those of you that just can't get enough Utah Lake bashing.
I have fished UL for decades and I can reckymember at least some mid-summer (or later) algae bloom just about every year. It has gotten worse as the population has increased around the lake...along with increase in treated wastewater being dumped each year...with all that phosphorus. Last year was the worst because it was at the end of several years of poor runoff and lower water levels...with higher waste water dumping. The ratio of phosphorus to clean water molecules was abnormally high.
HOWSOMEVER...even with the conditions being as bad as they were there were no fish dieoffs, mass human poisonings or other scary stuff prophesied by the Chicken Little contingent. And even just a short time after the green goo subsided there were no measurable residues in any fish tissue samples. Nobody died or glowed in the dark after eating fish from Utah Lake...after the algae bloom.
Still, it is better to stay away from any areas that are visibly green. It is especially suggested that you keep kids and pets out of it.
The major exception is that it has been suggested by many that those members of the power squadron who delight in ripping up the lake and "blessing" all other lake goers with their high decibel noises should not be worried at all. In fact, it is strongly recommended that they gather a few 55 gallon drums of the icky stuff, take it home and make up some slime-margaritas. Yum.
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I have fished UL for decades and I can reckymember at least some mid-summer (or later) algae bloom just about every year. It has gotten worse as the population has increased around the lake...along with increase in treated wastewater being dumped each year...with all that phosphorus. Last year was the worst because it was at the end of several years of poor runoff and lower water levels...with higher waste water dumping. The ratio of phosphorus to clean water molecules was abnormally high.
HOWSOMEVER...even with the conditions being as bad as they were there were no fish dieoffs, mass human poisonings or other scary stuff prophesied by the Chicken Little contingent. And even just a short time after the green goo subsided there were no measurable residues in any fish tissue samples. Nobody died or glowed in the dark after eating fish from Utah Lake...after the algae bloom.
Still, it is better to stay away from any areas that are visibly green. It is especially suggested that you keep kids and pets out of it.
The major exception is that it has been suggested by many that those members of the power squadron who delight in ripping up the lake and "blessing" all other lake goers with their high decibel noises should not be worried at all. In fact, it is strongly recommended that they gather a few 55 gallon drums of the icky stuff, take it home and make up some slime-margaritas. Yum.
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