| Show a B T- T r Yr 11 1 Nil I. I Guard to help in water wafer sampling Co A 1457 Un tT Utah National Guard in Vernal Is participating with the Utah Division of Health In a yearlong yearlong yearlong year year- long environmental project Operation a Say TIRE TIlE PROJECT which includes Includes Includes In In- Reservoir Pelican Lake x and Starvation Reservoir is part of a sta statewide sampling at 1113 tributary sites to determine the potential for water quality damage Major General Maurice L. L Watts the Adjutant General of Utah said the Guard has been authorized by the National Guard Bureau In ht Washington I 1 Li C. C to assist state stale authorities in the Ident identification and analysis of threats threat to selected Utah lakes and reservoirs J occurs when nutrient enrichment principally principally principally prin prin- phosphates and nitrates stimulates algal and causes shallows to be choked u with ith masses of rooted plants AS A DIRECT ullmer result of the high production of aquatic plants the value of or a lake as a water resource is ts greatly aesthetic qualities are reduced and depleted oxygen and reduced water clarity force valued game species trout species trout salmon and small-mouth small bass for tor torl to instance l instance to be dominated by those species better beller adapted to conditions such as carp and suckers Sources of nutrients include municipal sewage treatment plant effluent industrial discharges and fertilized cropland and feedlot drainage CIT T T. T 0 U. S Wardell commanding officer of the Vernal unit staled slated that several men from tits his his unit will collect the samples once-monthly once during the year at and Starvation Reservoirs and Pelican Lake |
