U.S. ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
           NATIONAL EUTROPHICATION SURVEY
                    WORKING PAPER SERIES

                                           REPORT
                                            ON
                                       TROPIC RESERVOIR
                                       GARFIELD COUNTY
                                           UTAH
                                       EPA REGION VIII
                                    WORKING PAPER No, 860
 CORVALLIS ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH LABORATORY - CORVALLIS, OREGON
                             and
ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING & SUPPORT LABORATORY - LAS VEGAS, NEVADA

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                           ON
                               Mill
                         PAPER No, 860
  IKE COOPERATION OF THE
 STATE DIVISION OF HEALTH
      AMD THE
UTAH [RATIONAL GOAF®
   NOVEMBER, 1977

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                              CONTENTS
 Foreward                                                   11
 List of Utah Study Lakes and Reservoirs                    1v
 Lake and Drainage Area Map                                  v

 Sections
 L  Conclusions                                             1
[I.  Lake and Drainage Basin Characteristics                 3
     Lake Water Quality Summary                              4
IV.  Nutrient Loadings                             .8
 V.  Literature Reviewed                      '              12
VI.  Appendices                                    •        13

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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 [5303(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, multivariate 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
Pang inch
Pelican
Pineview
Piute
Porcupine
Powel1

Pruess
Sevier Bridge
Starvation
Steinaker
Tropic
Utah
Mil lard Bay
COUNTY

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

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Map Location
m TROPIC
 ^RESERVOIR
 A2
                              TROPIC  RESERVOIR
                                Tributary Sampling Site
                              X Lake Sampling Site
                              ^D Drainage Area Boundary

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                             TROPIC RESERVOIR
                             STORE! NO. 4923
I.  CONCLUSIONS
    A.  Trophic Condition:
            Survey data indicate that Tropic Reservoir is meso-
        eutrophic.  It ranked eleventh in overall trophic quality when
        the 27 Utah lakes and reservoirs sampled in 1975 were compared
        using a combination of six parameters*.  Nine of the water
        bodies had less median total phosphorus, ten had less and
        three had the same median dissolved orthophosphorus, 12 had
        less and one had the same median inorganic nitrogen, 14 had
        less mean chlorophyll a_, and 12 had greater mean Secchi disc
        transparency.
            Survey limnologists observed an algal bloom in August and
        noted that aquatic macrophytes occupied much of the reservoir
        bottom in August and September.
    B.  Rate-Limiting Nutrient:
            The results of the algal assay indicate phosphorus limi-
        tation in May.  The reservoir data indicate phosphorus limi-
        tation in May and nitrogen limitation in August and September.
    C.  Nutrient Controllability:
            1.  Point sources—No known wastewater treatment plants
        impacted Tropic Reservoir during the sampling year.
            The present phosphorus loading of 0.40 g/m2/yr is less
        than that proposed by Vollenweider (Vollenweider and Dillon,
* See Appendix A.

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1974) as an oligotrophic loading (see page 11).   However,  the
hydraulic retention time of the reservoir is a rather short
56 days, and Vollenweider's model may not apply.   Note that
less than 12% of the phosphorus load was retained and an
apparent loss of nitrogen occurred during the sampling year.
    2.  Non-point sources--Non-point sources, including
direct precipitation, contributed all of the total phosphorus
load to the reservoir.  The East Fork of the Sevier River
added 89.8% of the total; Badger Creek, 1.7%; and the un-
gaged tributaries contributed an estimated 3.4%.
    The phosphorus export rates of the East Fork Sevier
River and Badger Creek were very low during the sampling
year (1 and < 1 kg/km2 respectively; see page 10).

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II.   RESERVOIR AND DRAINAGE BASIN CHARACTERISTICS1"
     A.   Morphometry  :
         1.   Surface area:   0.73 kilometers2.
         2.   Mean depth:   3.0 meters.
         3.   Maximum depth:   9.1  meters.
         4.   Volume:   2.159 x 106 m3.
         5.   Mean hydraulic retention  time:   56  days  (based on outflow).
     B.   Tributary and Outlet:
         (See Appendix C  for flow data)
         1.   Tributaries  -
                                              Drainage       Mean flow
             Name                             area  (km2)*    (m3/sec)*
             E.  Fk.  Sevier  River                 191.7          0.440
             Badger Creek                        14.0          0.007
             King Creek                           5.4          0.005
             Minor tributaries  &
              immediate drainage -                5.8          0.011
                         Totals                  216.9          0.463
         2.   Outlet -
             E.  Fk.  Sevier  River                 217.6**        0.445
     C.   Precipitation***:
         1.   Year of sampling:   20.8 centimeters.
         2.   Mean annual:   28.5 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.
*** See Working Paper No. 175.

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III.   WATER QUALITY SUMMARY
      Tropic 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 one
  or more depths at one station in May and August and  from two stations
  in September (see map, page v).   During each  visit,  a single depth-inte-
  grated (4.6 m or near bottom to  surface) sample was  collected  (composi-
  ted in September) from the station(s) for phytoplankton identification
  and enumeration; and during the  first visit,  a  single 18.9-liter depth-
  integrated sample was collected  for algal assays. Also each time,  a depth-
  integrated sample was collected  from the station(s)  for chlorophyll £
  analysis.  The maximum depths sampled were near-surface only at station
  1  and 5.8 meters at station 2.
      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)

CNDCTVY (MCROMO)

PH (STAND UNITS)

TOT ALK (MG/L)

TOT P (MG/L>

ORTHO P (MG/L)

N02*N03 (MG/L)

AMMONIA (MG/L)

KJEL N  (MG/L)

INORG N (MG/L)

TOTAL N (MG/L)

CHLRPYL A (UG/L)

SECCHI  (METERS)
                             A. SUMMARY OF PHYSICAL ANO

                             1ST SAMPLING  ( 5/ 8/75)

                                   1 SITES
CHEMICAL CHARACTERISTICS  FOR  TROPIC RESERVOIK
 STORET CODE 4923

           2ND SAMPLING  (  9/25/75)

                 2 SITES
3RD SAMPLING ( 8/14/75)

      1 SITES
RANGE
4.3
9.0
247.
8.4
242.
0.026
0.006
0.080
0.030
0.600
0.110
0.660
17.0
0.3
4.3
9.0
- 247.
8.4
- 242.
- 0.026
- 0.006
- 0.080
- 0.030
- 0.600
- 0.110
- 0.680
- 17.0
0.3
MEAN
4.3
9.0
247.
8.4
242.
0.026
0.006
0.080
0.030
0.600
0.110
0.680
17.0
0.3
MEDIAN
4.3
9.0
247.
8.4
242.
0.026
0.006
0.080
0.030
0.600
0.110
0.680
17.0
0.3
RANGE
13.5
9.2
218.
8.8
170.
0.012
0.002
0.020
0.020
0.200
0.040
0.220
1.0
1.2
- 15.3
- 10.4
- 245.
9.0
- 193.
- 0.015
- 0.006
- 0.020
- 0.020
- 0.400
- 0.040
- 0.420
1.4
3.0
MEAN
14.6
9.7
228.
8.9
179.
0.013
0.003
0.020
0.020
0.300
0.040
0.320
1.2
2.1
MEDIAN
15.1
9.4
221.
8.8
174.
0.013
0.002
0.020
0.020
0.300
0.040
0.320
1.2
2.1
RANGE
15.8
6.6
116.
8.7
73.
0.021
0.011
0.020
0.020
0.400
0.050
0.420
9.4
3.0
- 16.0
6.6
- 117.
8.9
75.
- 0.022
- 0.012
- 0.030
- 0.040
- 0.400
- 0.060
- 0.430
9.4
3.0
MEAN
15.9
6.6
116.
8.8
74.
0.021
0.011
0.023
0.030
0.400
0.053
0.423
9.4
3.0
MEDIAI
15.9
6.6
116.
8.8
74.
0.021
0.011
0.020
0.030
0.400
0.050
0.420
9.4
3.0

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B.   Biological  characteristics:
    1.  Phytoplankton -
Sampling
Date
05/08/75

08/14/75




09/25/75


Dominant
Genera
1.

1.
2.
3.
4.

1.
2.
3.
Oscillatoria sp.
Total
Gloeotrichia sp.
Chroomonas sp.
Anabaena sp.
Staurastrum sp.
Total
Chroomonas s£.
Cryptompnas sj).
Pediastrum sp.
Algal Units
per ml
14
14
4,660
98
65
33
4,856
80
40
20
    2.   Chlorophyll  ^ -
                                          Total
Sampl i ng
Date
05/08/75
08/14/75
09/25/75
Station
Number
1
2
1
2
1
2
    Limiting Nutrient Study:

    1.   Autoclaved,  filtered,  and  nutrient  spiked -
        Spike (mg/1)

        Control
        0.050 P
        0.050 P  + 1.0  N
        1.0 N
Ortho P
Cone, (mg/1)

   < 0.005
   < 0.055
   < 0.055
   < 0.005
Inorganic N
Cone,  (mg/1)

    0.095
    0.095
    1.095
    1.095
                                   140
                                                        Chlorophyll a
                                                        (yg/D

                                                           17.0
                                                            9.4

                                                            1.0
                                                            1.4
Maximum yield
(mg/1-dry wt.)

    0.2
    2.7
   25.0
    0.1

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2.  Discussion -
        The control  yield of the assay alga,  Selenastrum capri-
    cornutum, indicates that the potential  primary productivity
    of Tropic Reservoir was moderately low at the time the sample
    was taken (05/08/75).  Also, the significant increase in
    yield when only phosphorus was added,  and the lack of res-
    ponse with the addition of nitrogen alone,  indicate the
    reservoir was phosphorus limited at that  time.
        The reservoir data indicate phosphorus  limitation in May
    and nitrogen limitation in August and  September.   The mean
    inorganic nitrogen to orthophosphorus  ratios were 18 to 1
    in May, 5 to 1 in August,  and 13 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  when possible from each  of
 the tributary sites Indicated on the map (page v).   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 tri-
 butary sites nearest the reservoir.
     Except for King Creek, nutrient loads for sampled tributaries were
 determined by using a modification of a U.S. Geological Survey computer
 program for calculating stream loadings*. Although  King  Creek was sam-
 pled 11 times, flows were too low to be measured accurately,  and  nutrient
 loads for this stream and for the unsampled  "minor tributaries and
 immediate drainage" ("II" of U.S.G.S.)  were  estimated using  the means  of
 the nutrient loads, in kg/km2/year, at stations A-2  and B-l  and multiplying
 the means by the King Creek and II areas in  km2.
     No w&stewater treatment plants impacted  Tropic Reservoir during
 the sampling year.
   See Working Paper No.,  175.

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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) -
                E. Fk. Sevier River            265            89.8
                Badger Creek                     5             1.7
                King Creek                       5             1.7
            b.  Minor tributaries & immediate
                 drainage (non-point load) -     5             1.7
            c.  Known municipal STP's - None
            d.  Septic tanks - Unknown          ?
            e.  Known industrial - None
            f.  Direct precipitation* -         15             5.1
                           Total               295           100.0
        2.  Outputs -
            Lake outlet - E. Fk. Sevier River  260
        3.  Net annual P accumulation - 35 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) -
                E. Fk. Sevier River           7,700           86.1
                Badger Creek                    160            1.8
                King Creek                      140            1.6
            b.  Minor tributaries & immediate
                 drainage (non-point load) -    150            1.7
            c.  Known municipal STP's - None
            d.  Septic tanks - Unknown           ?
            e.  Known industrial - None
            f.  Direct precipitation* -         790            8.8
                        Total                 8,940          100.0
        2.  Outputs -
            Lake outlet - E Fk. Sevier River 10,810
        3.  Net annual N loss - 1,870 kg.
    D.  Non-point Nutrient Export by Subdrainage Area:
        Tributary                 kg P/km2/yr     kg N/km2/yr
        E. Fk. Sevier River            1               40
        Badger Creek                 < 1               11
    E.  Mean Nutrient Concentrations in King Creek:
                    Mean Total P              Mean Total N
                    Cone, (mg/1)              Cone, (mg/1)
                        0.014                     0.923
* 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/m2/yr              0.40     0.05          12.2     loss*
         Vollenweider phosphorus loadings
          (g/m2/yr) based on mean depth and mean
          hydraulic retention time of Tropic Reservoir:
             "Dangerous"  (eutrophic loading)          0.84
             "Permissible"  (oligotrophic loading)     0.42
* There was an apparent loss of nitrogen during the sampling year.   This
  may have been due to nitrogen fixation in the reservoir, solubilization of
  previously sedimented nitrogen, recharge with nitrogen-rich ground water,
  unsampled point sources discharging directly to the reservoir,  or (probably)
  insufficient outlet sampling in relation to the relatively short  hydraulic
  retention time.  Whatever the cause,  a similar nitrogen loss has  occurred
  at Shagawa Lake, Minnesota, which has been intensively studied  by EPA's
  former National Eutrophication and Lake Restoration Branch (Malueg et al.,
  1975).

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V.   LITERATURE REVIEWED

     Malueg, Kenneth W., D. Phillips Larsen, Donald W. Schults, and
         Howard T. Mercier; 1975.  A six-year water, phosphorus, and
         nitrogen budget for Shagawa Lake, Minnesota.  Jour. Environ.
         Qua!., vol. 49 no. 2, pp. 236-242.

     Sudweeks, Calvin K., 1975.  Personal communication (reservoir mor-
         phometry).  UT Bur. of Env. Health.  Salt Lake City.

     Vollenweider, R. A.s and P. J. Dillon, 1974.  The application of
         the phosphorus loading concept to eutrophication research.
         Natl. Res. Council of Canada Pub!. No. 13690, Canada Centre
         for Inland Waters, Burlington, Ontario.

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VI.  APPENDICES
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                                   APPENDIX A
                                  LAKE RANKINGS

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     DA!A to BE USED IN RANKINGS
LAKE
CODE  LAKE NAME
0*08  LAKE POWELL
4901  BEAR LAKE
4902  LOWER BOWN'S RESERVOIR
4903  DEER CREEK RESERVOIR
4904  ECHO RESERVOIR
49os  LYNN RESERVOIR
4906  FISH LAKE
4907  HUNTINGTON NORTH REbtRVO
4908  JOE'S VALLEY RESERVOIR
4909  HINERSVILLE RESERVOIR
4910  MOON LAKE
4911  NAVAJO LAKE
4912  NEWCASTLE RESERVOIR
4913  OTTER CREEK RESERVOIR
4914  PAN9UITCH LAKE
••915  PELICAN LAKt
4916  PINEVIEW RESERVOIR
4917  P1UTE RESERVOIR
4918  PORCUPINE RESERVOIR
4919  PRUESS RESERVOIR (GARRIS
4920  SEVIER BRIDGE RESERVOIR
4921  STARVATION RESERVOIR
4922  STE1NAKER RESERVOIR
4923  TROPIC RESERVOIR
4924  UTAH LAKE
4925  WILLARO BAY RESERVOIR
5605  FLAMING GORGE RESERVOIR
MEDIAN
tOTAL P
0.010
0.011
0.031
0.038
0.047
0.121
0.023
0.013
0.012
0.192
0.008
0.016
0.051
0.067
0.071
0.044
0.020
0.047
0.025
0.057
0.026
0.016
0.011
0.021
0.132
0.044
0.011
MEDIAN
INORG N
0.410
0.040
0.040
0.215
0.170
0.200
0.040
0.040
0.045
0.060
0.040
0.040
0.040
0.040
0.040
0.090
0.300
0.150
0.110
0.140
0.355
0.040
O.O'iO
0.050
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
453.66}
426.500
4J8.50C
439.013
482.625
440.000
491.000
449.778
394.583
316.750
425.000
490.583
457.182
285.636
MEAN
CHLORA
3.081
6.945
5.567
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
9.692
25.329
7.860
4.533
18.222
5.675
1.844
7.200
72.012
7.567
2.500
**-
MlN DO
13.800
9.200
9.400
14.800
14.000
10.400
10.400
7. BOO
11.200
8.600
9.600
6.000
13.600
10.600
14.200
a. *oo
14*600
11.600
12.400
8.800
12.400
13.200
12.600
8.400
11.400
11. «0
10.400
MED I AN
OISS ORtHO P
0.007
0.003
0.006
0.006
0.012
0.052
0.004
0.003
0.003
0.107
0.002
0.003
0.009
0.033
0.010
0.004
0.006
0.007
0.011
0.008
0.008
0.004
0.005
0.006
0.012
0.009
0.003

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PERCENT or LAKES «I*H HIGHER VALUES (NUMBER of LAKES WITH HIGHER VALUES)

UK*
CODE  LAKE NAME

o^oa  LAKE POWELL

'.901  BEAR LAKE

4902  LOWER BOWN*S RESERVOIR

4903  DEER CREEK RESERVOIR

4904  ECHO RESERVOIR

4905  LTNM RESERVOIR

4906  FISH LAKE

4907  HUNTINGTON NORTH RESERVO

4908  JOE'S VALLEY RESERVOIR

4904  MlNERSVILLE RESERVOIR

4916  MOON LAKE

4911  NAVAJO LAKE

4912  NEWCASTLE RESERVOIR

4913  OTTER CREEK RESERVOIR

4914  PAN«UITCH LAKE

4915  PELICAN LAKE

4916  P1NEVIEH RESERVtiift

4917  PIUTE RESERVOIR

4918  PORCUPINE RESERVOIR

4919  PRUESS RESERVOIR (GARRIS

4920  SEVIER BRIDGE RESERVOIR

4921  STARVATION RESERVOIR

4922  STEtNAKER RESERVOIR

4923  TROPIC RESERVOIR

4924  UTAH LAKE

4925  rtlLLARO BAY RESERVOIR

5605  FLAMING GORGE RESERVOIR
MEDIAN
TOTAL P
96
90
46
42
31
a
62
77
81
0
ioo
69
23
15
12
JT
50
27
58
19
54
73
as
65
4
37
90
( 25)
i 23)
< 12)
I ID
t a)
( 2)
1 16)
( 20)
1 21)
< 0)
( 26)
4 IB)
( 6)
i 4)
I 3)
« •)
t 131
( 7)
1 IS)
< 5)
( 14)
< 19)
( 22)
« 17)
( 1)
1 9)
t 23)
MEDIAN
INORG M
4 J
87 (
87 (
19 (
27 <
23 (
65 «
65 (
58 (
44 (
87 <
87 1
87 1
87 (
65 (
ft4 (
15 <
31 1
38 <
35 (
8 (
87 t
87 I
50 (
12 (
44 (
0 I
1)
19)
191
51
7)
6)
16)
16)
IS)
11)
19)
19)
19)
19)
16)
1*)
41
8)
lot
9)
2)
19)
19)
13)
3)
11)
0)
SCO-
MEAN SEC
81
96
85
42
19
58
100
69
62
27
73
77
46
15
SO
39
38
8
31
0
23
65
88
54
4
12
92
( 21)
( 25)
( 22)
t 11)
« 5)
1 15)
i 26)
( 18)
i 16)
( 7)
( 19)
« 20)
( 12)
1 4)
( 13)
i 9)
« 10)
1 21
1 8)
< 0)
1 6)
( 17)
t 23)
1 14)
1 1)
( 3)
( 24)
MEAN
CHLORA
73
loo
65
35
50
8
23
92
85
12
77
88
27
31
4
54
58
15
38
69
19
62
96
46
0
42
81
( 19)
« 26)
» 17)
( 9)
1 13)
i 2>
< 6)
( 24)
< 22)
( 3)
t 20)
( 23)
( 7)
( 8)
< 1)
< 14)
( 15)
1 4)
1 10)
( 18)
1 5)
t 16)
1 25)
( 12)
( 0)
( ID
I 21)
15-
M1N DO
15
77
73
0
12
62
62
96
46
85
69
100
19
54
8
90
4
38
33
81
33
23
27
96
42
50
62
( 4)
( 20)
( 19)
« 0)
I 3)
C 15)
( 15)
( 25)
< 12)
( 22)
1 18)
( 26)
1 5)
( 14)
( 2)
1 23)
( It
( 10)
( 81
( 21)
( 8)
i 6)
i 7)
( 23)
( ID
< 13)
1 IS)
MEDIAN
DISS ORTHO P
42 (
90 <
SO (
58 (
13 (
4 I
79 «
69 (
96 (
0 I
100 (
85 (
27 1
8 C
23 <
73 (
58 <
46 1
19 1
37 <
37 «
79 «
65 (
58 <
13 (
31 1
90 (
11)
23)
13)
14)
3)
1)
20)
18)
25)
0)
26)
22)
7)
2)
. 6)
19)
14)
12)
5i
9)
9)
20)
17)
14)
3)
8)
23)
INDEX
NO
311
540
406
196
1*2
163
341
468
428
16U
506
506
224
210
162
343
223
165
217
241
174
389
448
363
75
216
415

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      RAKXEO BV INDEX MOS.
RANK  LAKE CODE  LAKE

   S  4931
   2  4911
   3  4910
   4  4907
   5  4922
   6  4908
   7  5605
   8  4902
   9  4906
  10  4921
  11  4923
  12  4915
  13  0403
  14  4919
  IS  4912
  16  4916
  !7  4919
  18  4925
  19  4913
  20  4903
  21  4920
  22  4909
  23  4917
  24  4905
  25  4914
  26  4904
  27  4924
                        INDEX NO
SEAR LAKE                  546
NAVAJO LAKE                506
NOON LAKE                  506
HUNTINGTON KJ08TH RESttfVO   468
STEINAKER RESERVOIR        443
JOE'S VALLEY RESERVOIR     428
FLAMING GORGE RESERVOIR    415
LOWER BOWK'S RESERVOIR     406
FISH LAKE                  391
STARVATION RESERVOIR       389
TROPIC RESERVOIR           363
PELICAN LAKE               343
LAKE POWELL                311
PRUESS RESERVOIR 
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     APPENDIX B





CONVERSION FACTORS

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                CONVERSION FACTORS

Hectares x 2.471 s acres
Kilometers x 0.6214 = miles
Meters x 3.281 = feet
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 FLOW DATA

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                                   TRIBUTARY  FLOW  INFORMATION FOR UTAH
                                                                                          10/18/76
LAKE CODE 4923
                   TROPIC RES
     TOTAL DRAINAGE AREA OF LAKE
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                                   TRIBUTARY FLOW INFORMATION FOR UTAH
                                                                       10/18/76
LAKE CODE 4Q?3
TROPIC RES
     MEAN MONTHLY FLOWS AND DAILY FLOWS(CMS>
TRIBUTARY   MONTH   YEAR
4923B1
4923C1
4923ZZ
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
         MEAN FLOW  DAY
0.006
0.006
0.006
0.006
0.011
0.025
0.025
0.011
0.006
0.003
0.003
0.003
0.003
0.003
0.003
0.006
0.008
0.020
0.020
0.008
0.003
0.003
0.003
0.003
0.008
0.008
0.008
0.008
0.017
0.040
0.040
0.017
0.008
0.006
0.006
0.006
9
14
11
9
8

3
24
12
9
7
11
























 FLOW  DAY

0.006
0.006
0.006
0.006
0.008

0.028
0.006
0.006
0.003
0.003
0.003
                                                                     FLOW  DAY
                                                                    FLOW

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        APPENDIX D





PHYSICAL and CHEMICAL DATA

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STORE! RETRIEVAL DATE 76/08/13
                      00010
  DATE   TIME DEPTH  WATER
  FROM    OF          TEMP
   TO    DAY  FEET    CENT

75/05/08 1* 50 0000      4.3
75/09/35 14 10 0000     13.5
     9.0
    10.4
                                                                  492301
                                                                 37 35 53.0 112 15 11.0 3
                                                                 TROPIC RESERVOIR
                                                                 49017   UTAH
                                                                                          150892
  00300     00077     00094
   DO      TRANSP   CNDUCTVY
           SECCHI   FIELD
  MG/L     INCHES   MICKOMHO
12
48L
247
245
11EPALES 2111202
0003 FEET DEPTH CLASS 00
00400
PH
SU
8.40
8.85
00410
T ALK
CAC03
MG/L
242
193
00610
NH3-N
TOTAL
MG/L
0.030
0.020K
00625
TOT KJEL
N
MG/L
0.600
0.300
00630
N02&N03
N-TOTAL
MG/L
0.080
0.020K
00671
PHOS-DIS
ORTHO
MG/L P
0.006
0.002K
                      00665
  DATE   TIME DEPTH PHOS-TOT
  FROM    OF
   TO    DAY  FEET   MG/L P

75/05/08 14 50 0000    0.026
75/09/25 14 10 0000    0.013
  32217     00031
CHLRPHYL  INCDT  LT
   A      REMNING
  UG/L    PERCENT

    17.0
     1.0
   K  VALUE  KNOWN TO BE
   LESS  THAN  INDICATED
    L  ACTUAL  VALUE  IS  KNOWN TO BE
    GREATER THAN  VALUE GIVEN

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STORET RETRIEVAL DATE 76/08/12
                                                                  492302
                                                                 37 36 42.0  112  15  01.0  3
                                                                 TROPIC RESERVOIR
                                                                 49017   UTAH
                      00010
  DATE   TIME DEPTH  WATER
  FROM    OF          TEMP
   TO    DAY  FEET    CENT
00300     00077     00094.
 DO      TRANSP   CNDUCTVY
         SECCHI   FIELD
MG/L     INCHES   MICROMHO
                                                        116
                                                        117
                                                        116
                                                        218
                                                        221
75/08/14 07 55 0000
07 55 0005
07 55 0019
75/09/25 14 30 0000
14 30 0006

DATE TIME DEPTH
FROM OF
TO DAY FEET
75/08/14 07 55 0000
07 55 0005
07 55 0019
75/09/25 14 30 0000
14 30 0006
16.0
15.9
15.8
15.3
15.1
00665
PHOS-TOT
MG/L P
0.022
0.021
0.021
0.012
0.015
6.6


9.2
9.4
32217
CHLRPHYL
A
UG/L
9.4


1.4

120


120L

00031
INCUT LT
REMNING
PERCENT





11EPALES
2111202
0023 FEET DEPTH CLASS
00400
PH

SU
8.70
8.90
8.80
8*85
9.05
00410
T ALK
CAC03
MG/L
73
74
75
170
174
00610
NH3-N
TOTAL
MG/L
0.020K
0.030
0.040
0.020K
0.020K
00
00625
TOT KJEL
N
MG/L
0.400
0.400
0.400
0.200
0.400

00630
N02&.N03
N-TOTAL
MG/L
0.030
0.020K
0.020K
0.020K
0.020K

00671
PHOS-OIS
ORTHO
MG/L P
0.011
0.011
0.012
0.002
0.006
           K  VALUE KNOifiN  TO  BE
           LESS  THAN  INDICATED
           L ACTUAL VALUE IS KNOWN TO BE
           GREATER THAN VALUE GIVEN

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  APPENDIX E
TRIBUTARY DATA

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STORET RETRIEVAL DATE 76/08/12
74/11/09
74/12/15
75/01/11
75/02/09
75/03/08
75/05/03
75/06/24
75/07/12
75/08/09
75/09/07
75/10/11
                                                                  4923A1
                                                                 37 36 46.0  112  14 54.0  4
                                                                 E FORK SEVIER RIVER
                                                                 49      7.5 8RYCE POINT
                                                                 0/TROPIC RESERVOIR        110292
                                                                 BELO TROPIC RES DAM NEAR  SPLWY FRM  GR  RD
                                                                 11EPALES             2111204
                                                                  0000 FEET  DEPTH  CLASS  00
DATE
FROM    OF
 TO    DAY
         TIME DEPTH
              FEET
       16 10
       10 00
       10 "55
       11 00
       11 ?0
       10 05
       13 00
       12 00
       12 10
       09 50
       11 30
00630
N02&N03
N-TOTAL
MG/L
0.027
0.008
0.008K
0.024
0.049
0.057
0.005
0.005
0.005
0.005
0.015
00625
TOT KJEL
N
MG/L
0.900
0.700
0.500
0.200
0.800
0.450
0.250
3.150
0.500
0.200
0.700
00610
NH3-N
TOTAL
MG/L
0.025
0.065
0.010
0.024
0.016
0.191
G.020
0.015
0.015
0.010
0.015
00671
PHOS-DIS
ORTHO
MG/L P
0.005
0.005K
0.005K
0.008K
0.008K
0.020
0.005K
0.005K
0.005K
0.010
0.005
00665
PHOS-TOT

MG/L P
0.010K
0.020
0.010
0.030
0.020
0.020
0.010K
0.050K
0.010K
0.030
0.010
   K VALUE KNOWN TO BE
   LESS THAN  INDICATED

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STORET RETRIEVAL DATE 76/08/1?
  DATE   TIME DEPTH N02&N03
  FROM    OF
   TO    DAY  FEET

74/11/09 16 40
75/05/03 10 25
75/06/24 13 30
75/07/12 12 15
75/08/09 12 35
75/09/07 10 20
75/10/11 12 00
                                                                  4923A2
                                                                 37 35 30.0 112 15 19.0 4
                                                                 E FO«K SEVIER RIVER
                                                                 49      7.5 TROPIC RES
                                                                 T/TROPIC RESERVOIR        150892
                                                                 ORT *D .3 MI tf OF JCT WITH GRAVEL RD
                                                                 11EPALES             2111204
                                                                  0000 FEET  DEPTH  CLASS  00
0630
6.N03
OTAL
IG/L
0.016
0.100
0.005
0.055
0.005
0.005
0.005
00625
TOT KJEL
N
MG/L
0.600
0.750
0.200
0.600
0.200
0.100
0.100K
00610
NH3-N
TOTAL
MG/L
0.025
0.100
0.015
0.005
0.010
0.005
0.005K
00671
PHOS-DIS
ORTHO
MG/L P
0.005
0.010
O.OOSK
0.005K
0.005K
0.005
O.OOSK
00665
PHOS-TOT

MG/L P
0.010K
0.010
0.010K
0.090
0.010
0.020
0.010K
  K VALUE KNO*N TO BE
  LESS THAN INDICATED

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STORET RETRIEVAL DATE 76/08/12
  DATE   TIME DEPTH N02&N03
  FROM    OF
   TO    DAY  FEET

74/11/09 16 50
75/05/03 10 30
75/06/24 13 ?5
75/07/12 12 10
75/08/09 12 30
75/09/07 10 15
75/10/11 11 50
                                                                  492381
                                                                 37 35 35.0  112  15  20.0  4
                                                                 BADGER CREEK
                                                                 49      7.5 TROPIC RES
                                                                 T/TROPIC RESERVOIR       150892
                                                                 DrtT RD .4 MI rtNW OF  JCT WITH GRAVEL RD
                                                                 11EPALES              2111204
                                                                  0000 FEET  DEPTH  CLASS  00
0630
'«.N03
OTAL
IG/L
0.184
0.155
0.005
0.055
0.050
0.050
0.150
00625
TOT KJEL
N
MG/L
0.500
1.250
0.337
0.200
0.325
0.600
0.100
00610
NH3-N
TOTAL
MG/L
0.025
0.054
0.020
0.005
0.010
0.005
0.005K
00671
PHOS-DIS
ORTHO
MG/L P
0.010
0.020
0.005K
0.005K
0.005K
0.005K
0.005K
00665
PHOS-TOT

MG/L P
0.010
0.020
0.020
0.010
0.010K
0.030
0.010
   K V4LUE KiJOWN TO BE
   LESS THAN INDICATED

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STORE7 RETRIEVAL DATE: 76/08/12
  DATE   TIME DEPTH N02&N03
  FROM    OF
   TO    DAY  FEET
74/11/09
74/12/14
75/01/11
75/02/09
75/03/08
75/05/03
75/06/24
75/07/12
75/08/09
75/09/07
75/10/11
16
10
11
11
12
10
13
12
12
10
11
25
?5
10
10
00
15
10
05
15
00
40
                                                                  4923C1
                                                                 37 36 40.0 112 15 17.0 4
                                                                 KING CREEK
                                                                 49      7.5 TROPIC RES
                                                                 T/TWOPIC RESERVOIR       150892
                                                                 GRVL RO BRDG .3 MI WSW OF TROPIC RES DAM
                                                                 11EPALES             2111204
                                                                  0000 FEET  DEPTH  CLASS 00
0630
'&N03
OTAL
IG/L
0.200
0.200
0.192
0.164
0.180
0.210
0.150
0.170
0.170
0.180
0.220
00625
TOT KJEL
N
MG/L
0.600
1.800
0.300
0.500
2.100
1.600
0.250
0.100
0.150
0.400
0.300
00610
NH3-N
TOTAL
MG/L
0.040
0.025
0.005K
0.016
0.020
0.035
0.015
0.005K
0.010
0.025
0.005K
00671
PHOS-DIS
ORTHO
MG/L P
0.010
0.005
0.005K
0.008K
0.008K

0.005K
0.005
0.005K
0.010
0.005K
00665
PHOS-TOT

MG/L P
0.010
0.010K
0.010
0.020
0.010K

0.020
0.010K
0.010K
0.030
0.010
    K VALUE KNOWN FO Bi
    LESS THAN INDICATED

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