2025 Utah Lake Symposium - Jacob Ridgway

Utah Lake Authority · January 8, 2026

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Presenter introduction and role

Presentation

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Jacob Ridgeway, a toxicologist with the Utah Department of Environmental Quality (Division of Water Quality), introduced himself, his background (joined DEQ about a year ago) and said he was presenting an update and context on the existing fish tissue consumption advisory for Utah Lake.

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Jacob Ridgeway of the Utah Department of Environmental Quality presented fish-tissue sampling results for Utah Lake, reporting substantial declines in PCB concentrations since earlier surveys and saying state health officials are leaning to remove the channel catfish advisory pending additional sampling; the advisory for common carp will likely remain for now.

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