Watershed Planning and Restoration Program
Water Quality
Water Quality | Beneficial Use | Watershed Impairments
Water quality in the Jordan River Watershed has improved drastically since 1978 with the completion of the Area-Wide Water Quality Management Plan.
However, several water bodies have recently been listed on the State Division of Water Quality's 303(d) list of impaired water bodies for such pollutants as:
- Pathogens
- Total Dissolved Solids (TDS)
- Zinc, Dissolved Oxygen (DO)
- Temperature.
In order to reduce the pollutant loads in these impaired water bodies, Total Maximum Daily Load (TMDL) studies are currently underway for: Little Cottonwood Creek, Jordan River, and Emigration Creek.
