Utah Division of Water Quality

Pollutants like E. coli in the Jordan River harm aquatic life and the watershed.

The Utah Division of Water Quality has issued a health advisory at Scofield Reservoir west of Price due to growing algal blooms. Becky Colombo of the…

Seventy-five-thousand dollars. That’s the sum the state paid for two week’s worth of testing at Utah Lake during the height of last month’s cyanobacteria…

In wake of Utah Lake’s toxic algal bloom, Provo city officials are wary of jumping on a solution. Last week the Provo City Council and Mayor issued a…

State officials closed Utah Lake on Friday due to health concerns from a large algal bloom. The Utah Department of Health is warning against using the…

Water managers warn that Utah faces over $30 billion in water needs in coming decades. But auditors reported last year that the state’s water oversight is…

The first draft of a proposal to construct a giant straw from Lake Powell to southwestern Utah has landed on the desk of federal regulators just as new…

Two cement-company partners and their businesses are accused of illegally dumping building waste in wetlands near the Jordan River.Federal, state and…

Salt Lake City has put its big open-space bond measure on hold. But that hasn’t dampened enthusiasm throughout the valley for restoring the Jordan…

Two Utah congressmen want the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to explain how it spilled millions of gallons of polluted mine water last month into…

Several dry winters have prompted two local governments to offer tools to help Utahns save water.An environmental group has partnered with Salt Lake…

The railroad causeway across the Great Salt Lake was built in 1959, and since then it’s permanently altered the lake’s natural water flow. Making changes…