U.S. ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
           NATIONAL EUTROPHICATION SURVEY
                    WORKING PAPER SERIES
                                           REPORT
                                            ON
                                       PIUTE RESERVOIR
                                        PIUTECOUMY
                                           UTAH
                                       EPA REGION VIII
                                     WORKING PAPER No, 854
CORVALLIS ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH LABORATORY - CORVALLIS, OREGON
                            and
ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING & SUPPORT LABORATORY - LAS VEGAS, NEVADA

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                             REPORT
                               ON
                        PIUTE RESERVOIR
                          PIUTE COUNTY
                              UTAH
                        EPA REGION VIII
                     WORKING PAPER No, 854
 WITH THE COOPERATION OF THE
UTAH STATE DIVISION OF HEALTH
          AND THE
    UTAH NATIONAL GUARD
       NOVEMBER, 1977

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List of Utah Stydy Lakes arsd Reservoirs
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                          FOREWORD
    The National Eutrophication Survey was initiated in 1972 in
response to an Administration commitment to investigate the nation-
wide threat of accelerated eutrophication to freshwater lakes and
reservoirs.

OBJECTIVES

    The Survey was designed to develop, in conjunction with state
environmental agencies, information on nutrient sources, concentrations,
and impact on selected freshwater lakes as a basis for formulating
comprehensive and coordinated national, regional, and state management
practices relating to point-source discharge reduction and non-point
source pollution abatement in lake watersheds.

ANALYTIC APPROACH

    The mathematical  and statistical procedures selected for the
Survey's eutrophication analysis are based on related concepts that:

        a.  A generalized representation or model relating
    sources, concentrations, and impacts can be constructed.

        b.  By applying measurements of relevant parameters
    associated with lake degradation, the generalized model
    can be transformed into an operational representation of
    a lake, its drainage basin, and related nutrients.

        c.  With such a transformation, an assessment of the
    potential for eutrophication control can be made.

LAKE ANALYSIS

    In this report, the first stage of evaluation of lake and water-
shed data collected from the study lake and its drainage basin is
documented.  The report is formatted to provide state environmental
agencies with specific information for basin planning [§303(e)], water
quality criteria/standards review [§303(c)], clean lakes [§314(a,b)],
and water quality monitoring [§106 and §305(b)] activities mandated
by the Federal Water  Pollution Control  Act Amendments of 1972.

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     Beyond the single lake analysis, broader based correlations
between nutrient concentrations (and loading) and trophic condi-
tion are being made to advance the rationale and data base for
refinement of nutrient water quality criteria for the Nation's
fresh water lakes.  Likewise, muHivariate evaluations for the
relationships between land use, nutrient export, and trophic
condition, by lake class or use, are being developed to assist
in the formulation of planning guidelines and policies by EPA
and to augment plans implementation by the states.

ACKNOWLEDGEMENT

     The staff of the National Eutrophication Survey (Office of
Research and Development, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency)
expresses sincere appreciation to the Utah Department of Social
Services and the Utah Department of Natural  Resources for pro-
fessional involvement, to the Utah National  Guard for conducting
the tributary sampling phase of the Survey,  and to  those Utah
wastewater treatment plant operators who voluntarily provided
effluent samples and flow data.

     The staffs of the Bureau of Water Quality of the Division
of Health and the Division of Wildlife Resources provided inval-
uable lake documentation and counsel  during  the Survey, reviewed
the preliminary reports, and provided critiques most useful  in
the preparation of this Working Paper series.

     Major General Maurice L. Watts,  the Adjutant General  of Utah,
and Project Officer Lt. Colonel T. Ray Kingston, who directed the
volunteer efforts of the Utah National  Guardsmen, are also grate-
fully acknowledged for their assistance to the Survey.

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                  NATIONAL EUTROPHICATION SURVEY

                    STUDY LAKES AND RESERVOIRS
                          STATE OF UTAH
NAME

Bear
Deer Creek
Echo
Fish
Flaming Gorge

Huntington
Joes Valley
Lower Bowns
Lynn
Minersville
Moon
Navajo
Newcastle
Otter Creek
Panguich
Pelican
Pineview
Piute
Porcupine
Powel1

Pruess
Sevier Bridge
Starvation
Steinaker
Tropic
Utah
Willard Bay
COUNTY

Rich, UT; Bear Lake, ID
Wasatch
Summit
Sevier
Daggett, UT;
 Sweetwater, WY
Emery
Emery
Garfield
Box Elder
Beaver
Duchesne
Kane
Iron
Piute
Garfield
Uintah
Weber
Piute
Cache
Garfield, Kane, San
 Juan, UT; Coconino, AZ
Mi Hard
Juab, Sanpete
Duchesne
Uintah
Garfield
Utah
Box Elder

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IUTE RESERVOIR
Tributary Sampling Site
Lake Sampling Site
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                             PIUTE RESERVOIR
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I.  CONCLUSIONS
    A.  Trophic Condition:
            Survey data indicate that Piute Reservoir is eutrophic.   It
        ranked twenty-third in overall  trophic quality when the 27 Utah
        lakes and reservoirs sampled in 1975 were compared using a com-
        bination of six parameters*.  Eighteen of the waterbodies had less
        and one had the same median total phosphorus, 18 had less median
        inorganic nitrogen, 14 had less and one had the same median dissolved
        orthophosphorus, 22 had less mean chlorophyll a^, and 24 had greater
        mean Secchi disc transparency.   Some depression of dissolved oxygen
        with depth occurred at sampling station 2 in August (3.4 mg/1  at
        6.4 meters), and the near-surface concentration at station 1
        in September was only 67% of saturation.
            Survey limnologists did not: report surface concentrations
        of algae or rooted aquatic plants in the reservoir.  However,
        the rather high chlorophyll a^ concentrations and numbers of phyto-
        plankton at all sampling stations and times are indicative of
        bloom or near-bloom conditions  (see page 6).
    B.  Rate Limiting Nutrient:
            The results of the algal assay indicate phosphorus limi-
        tation in May.
            The reservoir data indicate phosphorus limitation in May and
        August and nitrogen limitation  in September.
* See Appendix A.

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C.   Nutrient Controllability:
        1.   Point sources—No  known wastewater treatment  plants
    impacted Piute Reservoir during the sampling  year.
        The present phosphorus loading of 2.03 g/m2/yr  is nearly
    three times that proposed  by Vollenweider (Vollenwelder  and Dil-
    lon, 1974) as a eutrophic  loading (see page 11).
        2.   Non-point sources—Non-point sources, including  direct
    precipitation, contributed all of the total  phosphorus load dur-
    ing the sampling year.   The Sevier River added 76.0%  of  the total
    load; the East Fork Sevier River, 20.0%;  West Canal,  0.3%; and
    the ungaged tributaries contributed an estimated  2.8%.
        The phosphorus export  rates of the Sevier River and  the East
    Fork Sevier River were relatively low (5 and  1  kg/km2/yr,  respec-
    tively; see page 10).

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II.   RESERVOIR AND DRAINAGE BASIN CHARACTERISTICS'1"

     A.   Morphometry  :

         1.   Surface area:   10.15 kilometers2.

         2.   Mean depth:   10.1  meters.

         3.   Maximum depth:  20.1  meters.

         4.   Volume:   101.516 x 106  m3.

         5.   Mean hydraulic retention  time:   239  days.

     B.   Tributary and Outlet:
         (See Appendix C  for flow data)

         1.   Tributaries  -

                                               Drainage       Mean  flow
             Name                              area  (km2)*    (m3/sec)*

             Sevier River                        3,185.7         2.860
             E.  Fk.  Sevier  River                 2,952.6         1.870
             West Canal                               0.0         0.036
             Minor tributaries  &
              immediate drainage -                171.1         0.151

                         Totals                  6,309.4         4.917

         2.   Outlet -

             Sevier River                        6,319.6**       4.917

     C.   Precipitation***:

         1.   Year of sampling:   20.7 centimeters.

         2.   Mean annual:   20.7 centimeters.
 t  Table  of  metric  equivalents—Appendix  B.
 tt Sudweeks,  1975.
 *  For  limits  of  accuracy,  see Working  Paper  No.  175,  "... Survey Methods,
   1973-1976".
 ** Includes area of  reservoir; outflow adjusted  to equal sum of inflows.
 *** See  Working  Paper  No.  175.

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III.   WATER QUALITY SUMMARY
      Piute Reservoir was sampled three times  during  the open-water season
  of 1975 by means of a pontoon-equipped Huey  helicopter.   Each  time,
  samples for physical  and chemical  parameters were collected from two
  or more depths at three stations in May and  August  and two stations  in
  September (see map, page v).   During each visit,  a  single depth-integrated
  (4.6 m or near bottom to surface)  sample was composited from the stations
  for phytoplankton identification and enumeration; and during the first
  visit,  a single 18.9-liter depth-Integrated  sample  was composited for
  algal assays.   Also each time,  a depth-Integrated sample was collected
  from each of the stations for chlorophyll  ji  analysis.   The maximum depths
  sampled were 7.6 meters at station 1,  9.8 meters  at station 2,  and 2.7
  meters  at station 3.
      The sampling results are  presented in full  in Appendix D and are
  summarized in  the following table.

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PARAMETER

TEMP (C)

DISS OXY (MG/L)

CNOCTVY (MCROMO)

PH (STAND UNITS)

TOT ALK (MG/L)

TOT P (MG/L)

ORTHO P 
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B.  Biological characteristics:

    1.  Phytoplankton -
        Sampling
        Date

        05/09/75
        08/13/75
        09/24/75
    2.   Chlorophyll

        Sampl i ng
        Date

        05/09/75
        08/13/75
        09/24/75
Dominant
Genera

1.  Diatoma sp.
2.  Dinobryon sp.
3.  Cyclotella sp.
4.  Cryptomonas sp.
5.  Gymnodim'um sp.
    Other genera

                Total

1.  Mallomonas sj>.
2.  Cryptomonas sp.
3.  Chroomonas (Tf sp.
4.  Oocystis sp.
5.  Sta lira strum sp.
    Other genera
                       Algal Units
                       per ml

                          10,007
                           1,943
                             426
                              80
                              80
                          	79

                          12,615
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
            Total

Cyclotella sp.
MallomonaT sp.
Cryptomonas sp.
Euglena sp.
Schroederia sp.
Other genera

            Total
Station
Number

   1
   2
   3

   1
   2
   3

   1
   2
   3
1,466

1,635
1,372
  739
  369
  369
  897

5,381
                       Chlorophyll
                       Cug/i)

                           16.8
                           18.1
                           17.0

                           16.8
                           14.6
                           55.1
                           38.9

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< 0.005
< 0.055
< 0.055
< 0.005
0.200
0.200
1.200
1.200
0.2
8.8
20.5
0.2
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C.   Limiting Nutrient Study:
    1.   Autoclaved,  filtered,  and nutrient spiked -
                           Ortho P        Inorganic  N    Maximum yield
        Spike (mg/1)       Cone, (mg/1)    Cone,  (mg/1)    (mg/1-dry wt.)
        Control
        0.050 P
        0.050 P  + 1.0 N
        1.0 N
    2.   Discussion -
            The  control yield  of the assay alga,  Selenastrum capri-
        cornutum, indicates that the potential  primary  productivity
        of Piute Reservoir was moderately low when the  sample was
        taken (05/09/75).   Also, the lack of increase in yield with
        the addition of nitrogen alone and the significant increase
        in yield when only phosphorus was added indicate phosphorus
        limitation at that time.
            The  reservoir  data indicate phosphorus limitation in
        May and  August and nitrogen limitation in September.   The
        mean inorganic nitrogen to orthophosphorus ratios were
        36 to 1  in May, 14 to  1 in August, and 7 to  1 in September.

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IV.   NUTRIENT LOADINGS
     (See Appendix E for data)
     For the determination of nutrient loadings,  the Utah National  Guard
 collected monthly near-surface grab samples from each  of the tributary
 sites indicated on the map (page v), except for  the high runoff month
 of May when two samples were collected at three  of the sites.   Sampling
 was begun in November, 1974, and was completed in October,  1975.
     Through an interagency agreement, stream flow estimates for the year
 of sampling and a "normalized" or average year were provided by the Utah
 District Office of the U.S.  Geological Survey for the  tributary sites
 nearest the lake.
     In this report,  nutrient loads for sampled tributaries  were deter-
 mined by using the mean annual nutrient concentrations and  the mean
 annual flows.   Nutrient loads  for unsampled "minor tributaries and
 inmediate drainage"  ("II" of U.S.G.S.) were estimated  using the means
 of the nutrient concentrations at stations A-2 and C-l and  multiplying
 the means by the ZZ mean annual  flow.
     No known municipal wastewater treatment plants impacted Piute  Reser-
 voir during the sampling year.

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    A.  Waste Sources:
        1.  Known municipal - None
        2.  Known industrial - None
    B.  Annual Total Phosphorus Loading - Average Year:
        1.  Inputs -
                                              kg P/          % of
            Source                            yr	          total
            a.  Tributaries (non-point load) -
                Sevier River                  15,695          76.0
                E. Fk. Sevier River            4,130          20.0
                West Canal                        70           0.3
            b.  Minor tributaries & immediate
                 drainage (non-point load) -     580           2.8
            c.  Known municipal STP's - None
            d.  Septic tanks - Unknown           ?
            e.  Known industrial - None
            f.  Direct precipitation* -          180           0.9
                           Total              20,655         100.0
        2.  Outputs -
            Lake outlet - Sevier River        10,855
        3.  Net annual P accumulation - 9,800 kg.
* See Working Paper No. 175.

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C.  Annual Total Nitrogen Loading - Average Year:
    1.  Inputs -
                                          kg N/        % of
        Source                            yr           total
        a.  Tributaries (non-point load) -
            Sevier River                   170,735      62.3
            E. Fk. Sevier                   82,855      30.3
            West Canal                       1,415       0.5
        b.  Minor tributaries & immediate
             drainage (non-point load) -     7,850       2.9
        c.  Known municipal STP's - None
        d.  Septic tanks - Unknown             ?
        e.  Known industrial - None
        f.  Direct precipitation*           10,960       4.0
                    Total                  273,815     100.0
    2.  Outputs -
        Lake outlet - Sevier River         204,370
    3.  Net annual N accumulation - 69,445 kg.
D.  Non-point Nutrient Export by Subdrainage Area:
    Tributary                    kg P/km2/yr    kg N/km2/yr
    Sevier River                      5              54
    E. Fk. Sevier                     1              28
E.  Mean Nutrient Concentrations in West Canal:
                    Mean Total P              Mean Total N
                    Cone, (mg/1)              Cone, (mg/1)
                        0.061                     1.245
* See Working Paper No. 175.

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F.  Yearly Loads:
        In the following table,  the existing phosphorus  loadings
    are compared to those proposed by Vollenweider (Vollenweider
    and Dillon,  1974).   Essentially, his "dangerous"  loading  is
    one at which the receiving water would become eutrophic or
    remain eutrophic;  his "permissible"  loading is that  which
    would result in the receiving water  remaining oligotrophic
    or becoming  oligotrophic if  morphometry permitted.   A meso-
    trophic loading would be considered  one between "dangerous"
    and "permissible".
        Note that Vollenweider's model may not be applicable  to
    water bodies with short hydraulic retention times.
                              Total  Phosphorus       Total Nitrogen
   	Total   Accumulated    Total   Accumulated
    grams/mVyr              2.03      0.97        27.0       6.8
    Vollenweider phosphorus loadings
     (g/m2/yr)  based on mean depth and mean
     hydraulic  retention time of Piute Reservoir:
        "Dangerous"  (eutrophic loading)           0.76
        "Permissible"  (oligotrophic loading)      0.38

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V.  LITERATURE REVIEWED

    Sudweeks, Calvin K.,
        UT Bur.  of Env.
 1975.  Personal communication (lake morphometry),
Health, Salt Lake City.
    Vollenweider, R.  A., and P. J. Dillon, 1974.  The application of
        the phosphorus loading concept to eutrophication research.  Natl.
        Res. Council  of Canada Publ. No. 13690, Canada Centre for Inland
        Waters, Burlington, Ontario.

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VI.   APPENDICES
                                  APPENDIX A
                                 LAKE RANKINGS

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LAKE DATA TO BE USED IN RANKINGS
LAKE
CODE  LAKE NAME
0408  LAKE POWELL
490t  BEAR LAKE
4902  LOWER BOMN>S RESERVOIR
4903  DEER CREEK RESERVOIR
4904  ECHO RESERVOIR
4905  LYNN RESERVOIR
4906  FISH LAKE
4907  HUNTINGTON NORTH RESERVO
4908  JOE'S VALLEY RESERVOIR
4909  NINERSVILLE RESERVOIR
4910  MOON LAKE
4911  NAVAJO LAKE
4912  NEWCASTLE RESERVOIR
4913  OTTER CREEK RESERVOIR
4914  PAN9UITCH LAKE
4915  PELICAN LAKE
4916  PiNEVIEW WCSE&VOIH
4917  PIUTE RESERVOIR
4913  PORCUPINE RESERVOIR
4919  PRUESS RESERVOIR (GARRIS
4920  SEVIER BRIDGE RESERVOIR
4V21  STARVATION RESERVOIR
4922  STEINAKER RESERVOIR
4923  TROPIC RESERVOIR
4924  UTAH LAKE
492S  HILLARO BAY RESERVOIR
5605  FLAMING GORGE RESERVOIR
HEOUN
TOTAL P
0.010
0.011
0.031
0.038
0.047
0.121
0.023
0.013
0.012
0.192
O.OOB
0.016
O.OS1
0.067
0.071
0.044
0.020
0.047
0.02S
0.057
0.026
0.016
0.011
0.021
0.13?
0.044
0.011
MEDIAN
IHORG N
0.410
0.040
0.04C
0.215
0.170
0.200
0.040
0.040
0.045
0.060
0.040
0.040
0.049
0.040
0,040
0.050
0.30*
0.150
0.110
0.140
0.3SS
0.040
0.040
a. 050
0.320
0.060
0.690
500-
MEAN SEC
339.830
253.167
336.000
430.333
450.333
417.667
152.000
392.000
400.000
445.000
381.000
368.000
428.667
453.667
426.500
438. SOO
05.083
482.625
440.000
491.000
449.778
394.583
316.750
425.000
490.583
457.182
285.636
MEAN
CHLORA
3.081
0.945
S.S67
9.078
6.967
39.600
12.483
1.900
2.483
33.583
2.700
2.000
12.467
11.767
45.950
6.390
5.692
25.329
7.860
4.533
18.222
5.675
1.844
7.200
72.012
7.567
2.500
15-
MIN DO
13.800
9.200
9.4(0
14.800
14.000
10.400
10.400
7.800
11.200
8.600
9.600
6.000
13.600
10.600
14.200
8.400
14.600
11.600
12.400
8. ttOO
12.400
13.200
12.600
8.400
11.400
U.OOO
10.400
MEDIAN
DI SS OHTHO P
0.007
0.1)03
0.006
0.006
0.012
0.052
0.004
0.005
0.003
0.107
0.002
0.003
0.009
0.033
0.010
0.004
0.006
0.007
0.011
0.000
0.008
0.004
0.005
0.006
0.012
0.009
0.003

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PERCENT OF taxes WITH HIGHER VALUES (NUMBER or LAKES WITH HIGHER VALUES)
LAKE
CODE  LAKE NAME
0408  LAKE POWELL
".901  BEAR LAKE
4902  LOWER BOWN«S RESERVOIR
4903  DEER CREEK RESERVOIR
0904  ECHO RESERVOIR
4905  LYNN RESERVOIR
4906  FISH LAKE
4907  HUNTINGTON NORTH RESERVO
4908  JOE'S VALLEY RESERVOIR
4909  MINERSVILLE RESERVOIR
4910  MOON LAKE
4911  NAVAJO LAKE
4912  NEWCASTLE RESERVOIR
4913  OTTER CREEK RESERVOIR
4914  PANAUITCH LAKE
491S  PELICAN LAKE
4916  PINEVICV RESERVOIR
4917  PIUTE RESERVOIR
4918  PORCUPINE RESERVOIR
4919  PRUESS RESERVOIR (GARRIS
4920  SEVIER BRIDGE RESERVOIR
4921  STARVATION RESERVOIR
4922  STEINAKER RESERVOIR
4923  TROPIC RESERVOIR
4924  UTAH LAKE
4925  WILLARO BAY RESERVOIR
5605  FLAMING GORGE RESERVOIR
MEDIAN
TOTAL P
96
90
46
42
31
8
62
77
81
0
100
69
23
15
12
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58
19
54
73
85
65
4
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INORG N
4 4
87 4
87 4
19 4
27 4
23 4
65 4
65 1
58 4
44 4
87 4
87 4
87 4
87 (
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31 <
36 4
35 4
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87 4
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81
96
85
42
19
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69
62
27
73
77
46
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39
38
0
31
0
23
65
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54
4
12
92
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( 14)
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( 3)
4 24)
MEAN
CHLORA
73
100
65
35
50
8
23
92
as
12
77
88
27
31
4
94
58
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38
69
19
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81
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15
77
73
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62
62
96
46
85
69
100
19
54
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38
33
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42
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58
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79
69
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85
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73
58
46
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37
37
79
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«
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
11)
23)
13)
14)
3)
1)
20)
18)
25 >
0)
26)
22)
7t
2)
6)
19)
14)
12)
S)
9)
9)
20)
17)
14)
3)
8)
23)
INDEX
NO
311
540
406
196
1*2
163
341
46tt
428
16tt
506
500
229
210
162
343
223
165
217
241
174
309
448
363
75
216
415

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CAKES RANKED BT INDEX NOS.
RANK  LAKE CODE  LAKE NAME
   I  4901       BEAR LAKE
   2  4911       NAVAJO LAKE
   3  4910       MOON L.'KC
   4  4907       HUNTINGTON NORTH RESERVO
   5  4922       STEINAKER RESERVOIR
   6  4908       JOE'S VALLEY RESERVOIR
   1  5605       FLAMING GORGE RESERVOIR
   8  4902       LOWER DOWN'S RESERVOIR
   9  4906       FISH LAKE
  10  4921       STARVATION RESERVOIR
  It  4923       TROPIC RESERVOIR
  12  4915       PELICAN LAKE
  13  0406       LAKE POWELL
  14  4919       PRUESS RESERVOIR <0ARRIS
  15  4912       NEWCASTLE RESERVOIR
  Ib  4916       PINEVJEW RESERVOIR
  17  4918       PORCUPINE RESERVOIR
  IB  4925       WILLARO BAY RESERVOIR
  19  4913       OUER CREEK RESERVOIR
  20  4903       DEER CREEK RESERVOIR
  21  4920       SEV1ER BRIDGE RESERVOIR1
  22  4909       MINEHSVILLE RESERVOIR
  23  4917       PIUTE RESERVOIR
  24  4905       LYNN RESERVOIR
  25  4914       PANQUITCH LAKE
  26  4904       ECHO RESERVOIR
  27  4924       UTAH LAKE
INDEX NO

   54*
   506
   506
   468
   448
   428
   415
   406
   391
   389
   363
   343
   311
   241
   229
   223
   217
   216
   zio
   196
   174
   168
   165
   163
   162
   152
    75

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    APPENDIX B
CONVERSION FACTORS

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                CONVERSION FACTORS

Hectares x 2.471 = acres
Kilometers x 0.6214 = miles
Meters x 3.281 = feet
                         -4
Cubic meters x 8.107 x 10   = acre/feet
Square kilometers x 0.3861 = square miles
Cubic meters/sec x 35.315 = cubic feet/sec
Centimeters x 0.3937 = inches
Kilograms x 2.205 = pounds
Kilograms/square kilometer x 5.711 = Ibs/square mile

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  APPENDIX  C
TRIBUTARY DATA

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                                   TRIBUTARY FLOW INFORMATION FOR UTAH
                                                                                          10/18/76
LAKE CODE 49)7
                   PIUTE  RES.
     TOTAL DRAINAGE AREA OF LAKE(SO KM)    6319.6
          SUB-DRAINAGE
TRIBUTARY  AREA(SO KM)
                          JAN
FEB
MAR
                                                  APR
                                                          MAY
NORMALIZED FLOWS(CMS)
  JUN     JUL     AUG
SEP
OCT
NOV
DEC
               MEAN
4917A1
4917A2
4917C1
491701
4917ZZ
6319.6
3185.7
2952.6
0.0
181.3
0.28
3.40
0.37
0.0
0.227
1.19
3.96
0.51
0.0
0.227
2.01
4.25
0.79
0.0
0.227
5.10
3.40
1.36
0.028
0.227
9.91
4.25
3.40
0.057
0.227
8.21
3.11
3.68
0.085
0.142
11.89
0.71
4.25
0.085
0.028
9.34
0.88
3.68
0.085
0.0
6.51
1.10
2.44
0.057
0.0
2.80
2.04
0.79
0.028
0.085
1.44
3.40
0.62
0.0
0.198
0.28
3.96
0.45
0.0
0.227
4.94
2.86
1.87
0.036
0.151
                                                                   SUMMARY
                                                         6319.6
                                                         6319.6
                        TOTAL  DRAINAGE  AREA  OF  LAKE  ~
                        SUM OF SUB-DRAINAGE  AREAS    =

     MEAN MONTHLY FLOWS AND DAILY  FLOWS(CMS)

TRIBUTARY   MONTH   YEAR    MEAN FLO*  DAY         FLOW  DAY
                                            TOTAL FLOW
                                            TOTAL FLO*
                                                IN
                                                OUT
                                   59.04
                                   58.98
                                                                     FLOW  DAY
                                                     FLOW
4917A1
4917A2
11
12
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
74
74
75
75
75
75
75
75
75
75
75
75
74
74
75
75
75
75
75
75
75
75
75
75
1.906
0.328
0.122
0.116
0.119
2.073
9.826
3.228
11.950
11.525
4.814
1.727
2.917
3.540
3.823
3.681
3.285
1.470
1.314
3.681
1.005
0.345
0.521
1.685
10
14
11
15
8
5
8
15
3
18
4
11
10
14
11
15
8
5
8
15
3
18
4
11
                                                  1.954
                                                  0.125
                                                  0.125
                                                  0.125
                                                  0.113
                                                  0.125
                                                 13.451
                                                  8.722
                                                 10.704
                                                 13.819
                                                  8.891
                                                  1.388
                                                  3.171
                                                  3.398
                                                  3.681
                                                  3.964
                                                  3.398
                                                  1.416
                                                  0.425
                                                  3.087
                                                  0.396
                                                  0.232
                                                  0.311
                                                  1.104
                                                          17
                                 14.781
                                                          17
                                  1.529

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                                   TRIBUTARY FLO* INFORMATION FOR UTAH
                                                                       10/18/76
LAKE CODE 4917
PIUTE RES.
     MEAN MONTHLY FLOWS AND DAILY FLOWS(CMS)

TRIBUTARY   MONTH   YEAR    MEAN FLOrt  DAY
4917C1
4917DI
4917ZZ
11
12
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
74
74
75
75
75
75
75
75
75
75
75
75
74
74
75
75
75
75
75
75
75
75
75
75
74
74
75
75
75
75
75
75
75
75
75
75
             1.158
             0.790
             0.467
             0.405
             0.459
             0.484
             1.798
             4.021
             4.642
             1.688
             1.345
             1.317
             0.0
             0.0
             0.0
             0.0
             0.0
             0.0
             0.028
             0.085
             0.085
             0.085
             0.057
             0.028
             0.170
             0.198
             0.198
             0.198
             0.198
             0.198
             0.198
             0.170
             0.028
             0.0
             0.0
             0.085
10
14
11
15
 8
 5
 8
IS
 3
18
 4
11
                                FLOW  DAY
1.189
1.133
0.425
0.396
0.453
0.453
1.019
3.313
5.012
1.444
1.331
1.331
                             FLOW   DAY
                                     FLOW
                                                          17
3.851

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        APPENDIX D






PHYSICAL and CHEMICAL DATA

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STORET RETRIEVAL OATE 76/03/12
                                                                   491701
                                                                  38 19 25.0 112 11 30.0 3
                                                                  PIUTE RESERVOIK
                                                                  49031   UTAH
                                                                                            150891
11EPALES
2111202
0025 FEET DEPTH CLASS

DATE
FROM
TO
75/05/09


75/08/13



75/09/24



DATE
FROM
TO
75/05/09


75/08/13



75/09/24



TIME DEPTH
OF
DAY FtET
09 4S 0000
09 45 0005
09 45 0021
16 50 0000
16 SO 0005
16 ^0 0015
l(j ^0 0025
16 15 0000
16 15 0005
16 15 0013

TIME DEPTH
OF
DAY FEET
09 45 0000
09 45 0005
09 45 0021
16 50 0000
16 SO 0005
16 SO 0015
16 SO 0025
16 15 0000
16 15 0005
16 15 0013
00010
WATER
TEMP
CENT
9oO
9.1
8*0
18.4
18.2
18.1
18.0
17.1
16.9
16.^
00665
PHOS-TOT

MG/L P
0.036
0.037
0.039
0.048
C.O«+7
C.0«*7
0.0<*5
0.073
0.075
0.081
00309
00

MG/L
9.9
10. e
9.6
6.8
6.4
6.6

5.0
9.4
8.4
32217
CHLRPHYL
A
UG/L
16.8


16.8



55.1


00077
TRAMSP
SECCHI
INCHES
25


24



10


00031
INCDT LT
REMNING
PERCENT










00094
CNDUCTVY
FIELD
MICROMHO
339
334
325
492
490
500
489
402
402
396














00400
PH

su
8.70
8.70
8*65
8.00
8.40
8.45
8.50
8.60
8.60
8.55














00419
T ALK
CAC03
MG/L
286
284
268
250
256
262
292
170
182
164














00610
NH3-N
TOTAL
MG/L
0.050
0.030
0.040
0.020K
0.020K
0.020K
0.020K
0.020K
0.020K
0.020K














00
90625
TOT KJEL
N
MG/L
0.500
0.400
0.400
0.400
0.400
0.500
0.500
0.600
0.800
0.700















00630
N02&N03
N-TOTAL
MG/L
0.200
0.170
0.170
0.020K
0.020K
0.020K
0.020K
0.020K
0.020
0.020K















00671
PHOS-OIS
ORTHO
MG/L P
0.005
0.005
0.006
0.009
0.006
0.045
0.009
0.006
0.006
0.006














 K VflLJE KruOwIN TO BE
 LtSS THAU INDICATED

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STOrtET RETRIEVAL OATE 76/08/12
                                                                  491702
                                                                 38 17 52.0 112 12 22.0 3
                                                                 PIUTE RESERVOIR
                                                                 49031   UTAH
                                                                                          150891
11EPALES
2111202
0036 FEET DEPTH CLASS

DATE
FROM
TO
75/05/09



75/08/13


75/09/24


DATE
FROM
TO
75/05/09



75/08/13


75/09/24


TIMF DEPTH
OF
DAY FEET
10 30 0000
10 30 0005
10 30 0015
10 30 0032
17 15 0000
17 15 0005
17 15 0021
15 55 0000
15 55 0005

TIME DEPTH
OF
DAY FEET
10 30 0000
10 30 0005
10 30 0015
10 30 0032
17 15 0000
17 15 0005
17 15 0021
15 55 0000
15 55 0005
00010
«ATER
TEMP
CENT
7.8
7.7
7.4
7.2
18.0
17.8
17.5
16.0
15.6
00665
PHOS-TOT

MG/L P
0.040
0.039
0.037
C.041
0.054
0.048
O.Otd
0.103
0.125
00300
DO

MG/L
9.8
9.6
9.4
8.8
6.1
6.0
3.4
9,4
8.0
32217
CHLRPHYL
A
UG/L
18.1



1<*,6


38.9

00077
TRANSP
SECCHI
INCHES
25



18


8

00031
IKJCDT LT
REMNING
PERCENT









00094
CNDUCTVY
FIELO
MICROMHO
324
328
324
321
500
500
501
391
389













00400
PH

SU
8.65
8.65
8.65
8.60
8.45
8.45
8.30
8.60
8.50













00410
T ALK
CAC03
MG/L
270
282
302
306
276
236
262
290
146













00610
IMH3-N
TOTAL
MG/L
0.040
0.040
0.040
0.050
0.020
0.020
0.090
0.020K
0.020K













00
00625
TOT KJEL
M
MG/L
0.700
0.500
0.600
0.500
0.500
0.500
0.500
0.800
0.800














00630
N02&N03
M-TOTAL
MG/L
0.170
0.170
0.170
0.180
0.020K
0.020K
0.020K
0.020
0.050














00671
PHOS-DIS
ORTHO
MG/L P
0.006
0.005
0.004
0.004
0.009
0.010
0.015
0.010
0.008













  K VALUE KNOWN TO BE
  LESS THAN IMDICATEJ

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STORET RETRIEVAL DATE 7O/08/12
                                                                  491703
                                                                 38 16 30.0 112 1? 04.0 3
                                                                 PIUTE RESERVOIR
                                                                 49831   UTAH
                                                                                          150891
11EPALES
2111202
0013 FEET DEPTH CLASS

DATE
FROM
TO
75/05/09


75/08/12


DATE
FROM
TO
75/05/09


75/08/12


TIME DEPTH
OF
DAY FEET
11 05 0000
11 05 0005
11 OS 0009
17 40 0000
17 40 OC05

TIME DEPTH
OF
DAY FEET
11 05 0000
11 05 0005
11 05 0009
17 40 0000
17 40 0005
00010
WATER
TEMP
CENT
8.3
7.4
7.*
17.2
17.4
00665
PHOS-TOT

MG/L M
0.058
0.044
0.044
0.110
0.098
00300
DO

NG/L
10,6
9.2
9.0
6.6
6.4
322 1 7
CriLRPMVL
A
UG/L
17.0




00077
TRAMSP
SECCHI
INCHES
20


9

00031
INCDT LT
REMNIN6
PERCENT





C0094
CNDUCTVY
FIELD
MICROMHO
338
326
325
508
510









00400
PH

SU
8.80
8.65
8.65
8.40
3.45









00410
T ALK
CAC03
MG/L
284
314
326
224
240









00510
NH3-N
TOTAL
MG/L
0.040
0.050
0.040
O.C20
0.828









00
0062S
TOT KJEL
N
MG/L
1.806
0.60C
9.500
0.700
0.800










00630
N02&N03
N-TOTAL
MG/L
0.150
0.3,83
0.180
0.660
0.720










00671
PHOS-DIS
ORTriO
MG/L P
0.009
0.010
0.005
0.012
0.008










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  APPENDIX E
TRIBUTARY DATA

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STORET RETRIEVAL DATE 76/08/12
                                                                  4917A1
                                                                 38 19 35.0  112  11 29.0 4
                                                                 SEVIER RIVER
                                                                 49       IS  MARYSVALE
                                                                 0/PIUTE  RESERVOIR         150891
                                                                 BNK BELO PIUTE  DAM N OF PIUTE STATE  PARK
                                                                 11EPALES            2111204
                                                                  0000 FEET  DEPTH  CLASS  00
  DATE   TIME DEPTH N02&N03
  FROM    OF
   TO    UAY  FEET
74/11/10
74/12/14
75/01/11
75/02/15
75/03/08
75/04/05
75/05/08
75/05/17
75/06/15
75/07/03
75/08/18
75/09/04
75/10/11
10 S5
12 43
14 00
11 10
11 30
12 15
12 45
11 10
15 00
09 45
16 00
14 SO
10 30
0630 00625
•&N03 TOT KJEL
OTAL N
IG/L MG/L
0.048 0.900
0.240 1.430
0.384 0.300
0.248
6,252
0.200
0.175
0.030
0.020
0.010
0.020
0.005
0.005
.000
eSOO
.250
.250
.000
.400
.900
.000
.500
.100
0061C 00671 00665
NH3-N PHOS-DIS PHOS-TOT
TOTAL ORTHO
MG/L MG/L P MG/L P
0.022
0.070
0.030
0.264
0.288
0.260
0.145
0.055
0.106
0.520
0.040
0.110
0.075
0.010
0.010
0.005K
G.040
0.048
0.010
0.020
0.025
0.010
0.025
0.010
9.015
0.010
0.070
O.OSO
0.010
0.090
0.090
0.070
0.040
0.065
0.020
0.110
0.100
0.092
0.100
  K VALUE KNOrfN TO «E
  LESS THAN INDICATED

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STORET RETRIEVAL DATE 76/08/12
  DATE   TIME DEPTH N02&N03
  FROM    OF
   TO    DAY  FEET
74/11/10
74/12/14
75/01/11
75/02/15
75/03/08
75/04/05
75/05/08
75/05/17
75/06/15
75/07/03
75/08/18
75/09/04
75/10/11
10 48
12 15
12 50
10 43
11 00
11 15
12 15
11 38
12 15
10 30
16 25
11 50
11 00
                                                                  4917A2
                                                                 38 13 12.0 112 12 08.0 4
                                                                 SEVIER RIVER
                                                                 49      7.5JUNCTION
                                                                 T/PIUTE RESERVOIR        150891
                                                                 SEC RD BRDG 1.5 MI NW OF KINGSTON
                                                                 11EPALES             2111204
                                                                  0000 FEET  DEPTH  CLASS 00
10630
!&N03
OTAL
IG/L
0.624
0.672
0.704
0.552
0.568
0.750
1.570
0.690
0.450
1.500
0.970
0.010
1.250
00625
TOT KJEL
N
MG/L
0.700
1.200
0.200
0.900
1.500
0.400
1.600
2.200
1.650
0.850
0.700
1.700
0.700
00610
NH3-N
TOTAL
MG/L
0.020
0.195
0.010
0.056
0.172
0.020
0.490
0.125
0.040
0.220
0.020
0.020
0.075
00671
PHOS-DIS
ORTHO
MG/L P
0.015
0.015
0.020
0.016
0.048

0.055
0.030
0.030
0.005K
0.030
0.030
0.010
00665
PHOS-TOT

MG/L P
0.110
0.110
0.100
0.165
0.310
0.190
0.150
0.540
0.320
0.020
0.040

0.030
    K VALUE KNOWN TO BE
    LESS THAN INDICATED

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STORET RETRIEVAL DATE 76/08/12
  DATE   TIME DEPTH N02iN03
  FROM    OF
   TO    OAY  FEET
74/11/10
74/12/14
75/01/11
75/02/15
75/04/05
75/05/08
75/05/17
75/06/15
75/07/03
75/08/18
75/09/04
75/10/11
10 55
12 00
12 00
10 30
11 05
12 05
11 50
12 10
10 35
16 35
11 45
11 10
                                                                  4917C1
                                                                 38 13  15.0  112  11  13.0  4
                                                                 E FORK SEVIER RIVER
                                                                 49       7.5 JUNCTION
                                                                 T/PIUTE  RESERVOIR         150391
                                                                 BNK 50 FT W OF  DRT RD  .8  M  N  OF  KINGSTON
                                                                 HEP ALES            2111204
                                                                  0000 FEET   DEPTH  CLASS  00
10630
'&.N03
OTAL
IG/L
0.008
0.088
0.352
0.320
0.005
0.015
0.085
0.015
0.020
0.170
1.200
0.030
00625
TOT KJEL
N
MG/L
0.400
0.900
0.400
1.400
0.400
1.750
2.400
1.400
1.200
1.500
2.400
0.400
00610
NH3-N
TOTAL
MG/L
0.010
0.025
0.125
0.128
0.020
0.250
0.140
0.030
0.060
0.025
0.040
0.050
00671
PHOS-OIS
ORTMO
MG/L P
0.020
0.025
0.055
0*040
0.030
0.010
0.090
0.035

0.040
0.015
0.020
00665
PHOS-TOT

MG/L P
0.040
0.065
0.070
0.120
0.090
0.080

0.080
0.060
0.090
0.030
0.040

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STORET RETRIEVAL DATE 76/08/12
                                                                  4917D1
                                                                 38 14  19.0  112  11 41.0  4
                                                                 MEST CANAL
                                                                 49      7.5JUNCTION
                                                                 T/PIUTE RESERVOIR         150891
                                                                 BNK 50 FT N OF  DRT RD 2 MI  E OF JUNCTION
                                                                 11EPALES             2111204
                                                                  0000 FEET  DEPTH  CLASS  00
  DATE   TIME DEPTH
  FROM    OF
   TO    DAY  FEET

74/11/10 10 30
74/12/14 12 ?5
75/05/08 12 25
75/06/15 12 30
75/07/03 10 15
75/08/18 16 15
75/09/06 11 55
75/10/11 11 50
00630
N02&N03
N-TOTAL
MG/L
0.368
0.736
0.320
0.350
0.730
0.550
0.670
0.740
00625
TOT KJEL
N
MG/L
0.400
1.000
1.200
0.700
0.500
0.900
0.600
0.200
00610
NH3-N
TOTAL
MG/L
0.015
0.155
0.035
0.128
0.070
0.015
0.055
0.015
00671
PHOS-DIS
ORTHO
MG/L P
0.010
0.025
0.005
0.065
0.010
0.005
0.010
0.005K
00665
PHOS-TOT

MG/L P
0.040
0.150
0.020
0.135
0.015
0.040
0.060
0.030
   K VALUE KNOWN TO BE
   LESS THAN INDICATED

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