Utah Lake

Utah Lake is a shallow freshwater lake in the U.S. territory of Utah. It lies in Utah Valley, encompassed by the Provo-Orem metropolitan zone. The lake's solitary waterway outlet, the Jordan River, is a tributary of the Great Salt Lake. Vanishing represents 42% of the surge of the lake, which leaves the lake marginally saline. The height of the lake is lawfully at 4,489 feet above ocean level. On the off chance that the lake rise goes any higher, the pumps and entryways on the Jordan River are left open. The main European to see Utah Lake was Father Silvestre Velez de Escalante in 1776.

He remained with the Timpanogots band of Ute Tribe for three days. The Timpanogots were later moved out or incorporated with the Mormon pilgrims between the 1870s. The fish of the lake were overharvested by the pioneers and restocked with non-local species. Albeit thirteen types of fish are local to the lake, just the Utah sucker and the basically imperiled June sucker remain. The overwhelming species in the lake is the regular carp, presented in 1883 as a contrasting option to the overharvested local fish.

The carp is presently evaluated at 90% of the biomass of the lake and is adding to a decrease in local fish populaces by extremely changing the biological community. Contamination has additionally caused issues with the lake's biological system. Crude sewage was dumped into the lake as late as 1967. Contamination issues still remain; the lake's phosphorus and mineral salt levels are infringing upon the Clean Water Act.