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Weber River treatment plant shut down after unusually high organic loads; partners plan sampling and outreach
Summary
A local water utility said warm rains and apparent sediment and organic loads forced a Weber River treatment plant to temporarily suspend treatment. Participants agreed to expand sampling and pursue outreach to landowners whose livestock and bank disturbance may be contributing pollution.
A local water utility operator told the Weaver River Partnership that its treatment plant was temporarily shut down after staff detected unusually high organic loads in water drawn from the Weber River and related tributaries.
"We actually had to start our treatment plant down here a few days ago last Friday because I could not treat the water coming down the Weber River. It was so bad," the operator said during the meeting, adding that measured total organic carbon (TOC) coming into the plant rose to about 7.5 (from an expected ~4) and the raw water appeared "chocolate milk" in color.
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