FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Aug. 22, 2001
Contact:
Don Ostler, Director, Utah Division of Water Quality, (801) 538-6081
The Utah Division of Water Quality strongly recommends that the public not use or go near water from the Jordan River or surplus canal from approximately 3100 South and north to the Great Salt Lake until further notice.
Due to an electrical fire at the Central Valley Water Reclamation Facility, the wastewater treatment plant this morning began bypassing raw sewage into the Jordan River near 3100 South where Millcreek and the Jordan River meet.
Affected cities are West Valley City, Salt Lake City, and South Salt Lake. People living north of 3100 South along the Jordan River to the Great Salt Lake should not irrigate, boat, fish, swim, or otherwise come in contact with the water. Drinking water will not be affected.