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Show " "I We're learning about the environment so we can help to keep it healthy. Water quality monitoring stations near Utah Power's new Huntington generating plant are part of the power company's ongoing study to help W establish ecological standards. ..baselines to evaulate the power company's effort's to keep the lL environment clean. Researchers from area univer- fPXZ) sities have been studying the water and air quality nc I If Jy and the vegetation in the Huntington area for about J W$r ! three years now. Other researchers will con- 'ir&- tinue to advise the power company about environmental effects of the plant's opera- -l- tion. For example, BYU scientists, studying the effects of the Huntington Plant con- ?;A -struction on aquatic life, suggested rock d?L- 0 check dams, which have already been qCti constructed, to prevent sediment from TVi J muddying Huntington Creek. "cZ-r TT-1 It's axiomatic: to protect nature, cv you have to understand it. That's why Utah Power started these research projects. And, since you're a i customer, you're entitled to know what the power company's doing to protect the environment. |