07-12-2016, 04:13 PM
[#0000FF]Jordanelle is at its highest point in three years. Utah Lake is at its lowest. Hmmmm?
Two factors at work here. State Parks has a new water recreation area at Jordanelle they want to use to attract new useage. State Parks at Utah Lake is trying to get the water even lower before they do their fall dredging of the harbor.
Bottom line? Lots of boats that would normally launch at Utah Lake are forced to go to Deer Creek or Jordanelle. However, there are a lot of businesses along Center Street in Provo and in other towns near Utah Lake that are experiencing a big downturn in business this year.
There has been a big problem with toxic algae bloom in late summer the past two years. It is likely to really be bad this year. Maybe unto the point of major fish kill and hazard to the public. About the only species that could survive it all might be carp. That's what happened in the 1930s...when the lake averaged only 1 foot deep. Bye Bye to the last cutthroat and most of the other species. Hello to the carp explosion with which we are still dealing today.
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Two factors at work here. State Parks has a new water recreation area at Jordanelle they want to use to attract new useage. State Parks at Utah Lake is trying to get the water even lower before they do their fall dredging of the harbor.
Bottom line? Lots of boats that would normally launch at Utah Lake are forced to go to Deer Creek or Jordanelle. However, there are a lot of businesses along Center Street in Provo and in other towns near Utah Lake that are experiencing a big downturn in business this year.
There has been a big problem with toxic algae bloom in late summer the past two years. It is likely to really be bad this year. Maybe unto the point of major fish kill and hazard to the public. About the only species that could survive it all might be carp. That's what happened in the 1930s...when the lake averaged only 1 foot deep. Bye Bye to the last cutthroat and most of the other species. Hello to the carp explosion with which we are still dealing today.
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