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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Aug. 24, 2001
Contacts:
Jay Pitkin, Deputy Director Utah Division of Water Quality (801) 538-6087
Laura Vernon, Public Information Officer (801) 536-4484
The health advisory issued Wednesday by the Utah Division of Water Quality for the Jordan River is still in effect. The advisory is likely to remain in effect through at least the weekend.
The Division of Water Quality and the Central Valley Water Reclamation Facility began taking water samples of the Jordan River and the surplus canal after the wastewater treatment plant began bypassing raw sewage into the Jordan River near 3100 South Wednesday morning. Results from those water samples are not yet available but are expected within the next few days. The Division of Water Quality and Central Valley will continue to sample the water until results indicate that the Jordan River has returned to its normal water quality.
Meanwhile, 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 north to the Great 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 is not affected.
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