05-05-2005, 09:12 PM
A little history about Utah Lake:
For decades, raw sewage was dumped into the lake by residents of Utah county. This has not happened for over 30 years, probably longer.
Geneva Steel for years pumped water from it's cooling ponds into the lake, which had leftover minerals and chemicals from the steel-making process. This water was used to cool the hot steel, then dumped into the ponds to cool sufficiently before entering the lake. It wasn't exactly poisonous, but pretty close as far as I know. It stunk pretty bad though. That has not gone on for about 5 years now too.
The current water quality of the lake is actually very good. It does have a somewhat high salt content, but that doesn't affect food quality of the fish. The current worst threat to it's water quality is runoff from adjacent farmlands that let fertilizer and pesticides drain into it.
I have no problem whatsoever eating fish from Utah Lake.
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For decades, raw sewage was dumped into the lake by residents of Utah county. This has not happened for over 30 years, probably longer.
Geneva Steel for years pumped water from it's cooling ponds into the lake, which had leftover minerals and chemicals from the steel-making process. This water was used to cool the hot steel, then dumped into the ponds to cool sufficiently before entering the lake. It wasn't exactly poisonous, but pretty close as far as I know. It stunk pretty bad though. That has not gone on for about 5 years now too.
The current water quality of the lake is actually very good. It does have a somewhat high salt content, but that doesn't affect food quality of the fish. The current worst threat to it's water quality is runoff from adjacent farmlands that let fertilizer and pesticides drain into it.
I have no problem whatsoever eating fish from Utah Lake.
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