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Watershed Management and Planning: Jordan River TMDL
Thank you for your interest in the Jordan River TMDL process. This Web page is designed to keep the Salt Lake Valley community better informed about what is going on with the Jordan River. Please refer back frequently, as we will continue to keep this page updated with the most recent information.
Current Documents
Jordan River Phase 1 TMDL 9-26-12 (5.95 MB pdf file)
Jordan River TMDL Responses to Comments From Public on Draft TMDL Issued January 3, 2012 (109 KB pdf file)
Previous Documents
- Technical Memoranda: Updated Current Pollutant Source Characterization, Projected Future Pollutants, Critical Conditions, Endpoints, and Permissible Loads, and a Proportional Load Allocation
- Work Element 2, Pollutant Identification and Loading
- Work Element 1, Evaluation of Existing Information
Linkage Symposium
On April 20th, 2009, approximately two dozen people, including state and federal water quality policy makers, scientists, and a few individuals knowledgeable about the Jordan River met to discuss the problem of low Dissolved Oxygen (DO) in the river. Several scientists and analysts were asked to make short presentations in their field of expertise in order to engage the group in focused discussions with the objective of a better understanding of the DO problem.
The objective of the Linkage Symposium was to:
- Achieve consensus among key individuals in scientific and regulatory roles in the factors resulting in low DO in the lower Jordan River, their interrelationships, and their relative importance.
- Identify where consensus is not currently possible and where additional data might help achieve that consensus.
The scientists who presented and the topics they focused on included:
- Algae and Other Organisms: Presentation from Work Element 2
- Dr. Sam Rushforth, Utah Valley University, Dean of the College of Science and Health
- Presentation by Dr. Rushforth
- Organics Decomposition in Water Column: Presentation from Work Element 2
- Dr. Michelle Baker, Utah State University Department of Biological Sciences
- Presentation by Dr. Baker
- Organic Decomposition in Sediments: Presentation from Work Element 2
- Dr. Ramesh Goel, University of Utah Civil and Environmental Engineering
- Presentation by Dr. Goel
- Physical Processes: Presentation from Work Element 2
- Dr. Bethany Neilson, Utah State University Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering
- Presentation by Dr. Neilson
Other participants included:
- Carl Adams
Utah Division of Water Quality, TMDL Section Manager - Renette Anderson
Utah Department of Environmental Quality, Director Planning and Public Affairs - Hilary Arens
Utah Division of Water Quality, Jordan Basin TMDL Coordinator - Adriaan Boogaard
Citizen, Jordan River Advocate - Scott Daly
Utah Department of Environmental Quality, Sevier and Beaver Basins TMDL Coordinator - Bryan Dixon
Cirrus Ecological Solutions - Dan Drumiler
Salt Lake County Flood Control - Eric Duffin
Cirrus Ecological Solutions - Jim Harris
Utah Division of Water Quality, Monitoring Section Manager - Tom Holstron
Central Valley Water Reclamation Facility - Marian Hubbard
Salt Lake County Division of Engineering, Water Resources Specialist - John Kennington
Utah Division of Water Quality, UPDES Section Manager - John Larsen
Jordan River Commissioner - Theron Miller
Representing Water Reclamation Facilities on the Jordan River - Karen Nichols
Stantec Consulting - Jeff Niermeyer
Salt Lake City Department of Public Utilities, Director - Jeff Ostermiller
Utah Division of Water Quality, Water Quality Management Section Manager - Florence Reynolds
Salt Lake City Department of Public Utilities, Water Quality and Treatment - Sandie Spence
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, TMDL Specialist for Utah and Colorado - Neil Stack
Salt Lake County Division of Engineering, Director - Nick Von Stackleberg
Stantec Consulting - Dave Wham
Utah Division of Water Quality, Utah Lake TMDL Coordinator - John Whitehead
Utah Division of Water Quality, Permits, Compliance and TMDL Branch Manager
Technical Advisory Committee
Jordan River Watershed Council
Thank you for your interest in the Jordan River Watershed Council! If you would like to receive updates on the Jordan River TMDL process, please contact Marian Hubbard, Jordan River Watershed Council Coordinator.
Contact
Please contact Hilary Arens (801-536-4332), Utah Division of Water Quality Jordan River Basin Coordinator with any additional questions on the Jordan River TMDL process.
