Outside the Timpanogos Special Service District's wastewater treatment plant, a series of experiments are being conducted near the shoreline.
One looks at invasive carp and their influence on the lake, while another looks at clams that used to be native to the lake as a way of cleaning the water. There are experiments reintroducing native plants on the shore to fight invasive species and corrals on the water to look at phosphorus levels and how turbidity on the water impacts algae.
"Since I run a waste treatment plant? I know how much biology it takes to clean the water. If I was going to do the same for the lake? What’s it going to take for the biology to do the work instead of man having to add chemicals. What can I do to help nature do its job?" Mickelsen said. "It’s exciting to have good, in-lake experiments demonstrating what is and isn’t necessarily going to work," said Eric Ellis, the executive director of the Utah Lake Authority, created by the legislature to oversee the lake.
What the division determines could set environmental regulations governing wastewater treatment plants and nutrient pollutants. Mackey said the experiments and collaboration with the water council has been good. "This is great progress. We need to keep making progress. Let’s not take our foot off the gas," said Carol-Lyn Jardine, a member of Conserve Utah Valley's leadership board."Reducing the nutrient pollution that is in the lake and in the Jordan River, that has to be the North Star for any restoration approach," she said.
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