NEWS RELEASE
May 16, 2005
Contacts:
Paul Fulgham, Tremonton City, (435) 257-2676
Mike Weibel, Bear River Health Department, (435) 792-6520
Walt Baker, Utah Division of Water Quality, (801) 538-6088
(Salt Lake City, Utah) – The health advisory for an unnamed irrigation runoff ditch and the Salt Creek in Tremonton, Utah has been lifted. Lab results show that e-coli levels have returned to normal and the water is safe for human contact.
On Wednesday, May 11, Tremonton City experienced a sanitary sewer overflow problem due to heavy rainfall and snowmelt. To relieve the overflow problem and prevent sewage from backing up into homes, Tremonton City officials began discharging untreated sewage from a collection transmission main into an unnamed irrigation runoff ditch at 1200 South and 1000 West. The water from the ditch flowed west and discharged into Salt Creek, which flowed southward to the Salt Creek Waterfowl Management Area. A health advisory to avoid contact with water from the ditch and creek was issued. Officials stopped discharging untreated sewage into the ditch on Thursday, May 12.