07-19-2016, 03:58 PM
As we all know, Utah Lake is closed due to the toxic algae bloom. Well, are we prepared for the even bigger disaster that will come when all that algae begins to die off and decompose ?? What awaits us is going to be one of the worst environmental disasters that Utah has ever seen. Some one better at math will need to do the calculation, but the TONS of algae that are out there are going to die, sometime in late August or Early September. When that happens, the dissolved oxygen content of the lake will plummet as all that organic matter decomposes. That will result in massive fish kills from white bass, LMB, even Carp ( Carp are already crowding up the Provo River for the higher oxygen). Even the revered June Sucker will be decimated by the low O2 levels. I hope the water managers that caused this debacle will be held accountable for their lack of foresight and that their water companies will be charged the cost of clean up and repair !!! The public should not have to pay for this !!