8176

• UCREFRP Catalog Number: 8176
• Author: Cavalli, P. A.
• Title: Fish Community Investigations in the Lower Price River, 1996-1997.
• USFW Year: 1999.
• USFW - Doc Type: Salt Lake City, Utah.
• Copyright Material: NO

Table 2. Price River water quality parameters that frequently exceed limits recommended by the
Utah Division of Water Quality. All data shown were collected from January 1, 1974,
through August 1, 1996, by the Utah Division of Water Quality near Woodside, Utah.

Water Quality Parameter Mean Value
(Standard Deviation) Exceedence
Percentage
Biological Oxygen Demand (mg/1) 4.0 (2.5) 35.7%
Fecal Coliforms <1025.4 (42120.1) 40.6%
Total Phosphorus (mg/1) >0.8 (3.6) 86.0%
Iron (mg/1) <3.6 (7.6) 50.8%
Gross Alpha (pCi/1) <28.3 (27.3) 50.0%
Gross Beta (pCi/1) <48.5 (62.4) 27.3%
Total Dissolved Solids 2573.4 (1134.1) 85.2%
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