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<br />r <br />I. <br /> <br />THE EFFECT OF A COAL-BUR.Nl~G POWER PL\."T A..'\D ASSOCIATED RESERVOIR ON <br />TIlE A~ATIC ECOSYSTE1 <br /> <br />Robert N. Winget, Brigham Young University, Center for Environmental <br />Studies, Provo, Utah 84601. <br /> <br />The objectives of this study are to determine effects on the <br />aquatic ecosystem caused by emissions and effluent from a coal-burning <br />power plane and an associated 30,000 acre-foot reservoir, to be con- <br />structed in Central Utah. <br /> <br />APPROACH: During the first year of the study, components of the <br />flora and fauna and chemical and physical parameters ~ill be determined <br />at 14 stations on various streams, reservoirs and lakes peripheral to <br />the proposed plant. Detailed analyses will he made of the ecosystem of <br />Hunt ingrao Creek, upon wh ich the proposed reservoir and power plant <br />will be built. <br /> <br />Physical and chemical parameters to be determined include: (1) <br />total suspended solids, including fly ash; (2) dissolved nitrates, <br />nitrites, sulfur compounds, phosphates. carbonates, silicon compounds, <br />fluorides. selected metal ions, oxygen, and CO2; (3) pH, alkalinity, <br />turbidity and temperature. Concentrations of fly ash and potential <br />pollutants in accumulated snowcover will also be determined. <br /> <br />This study is anticipated to be continued for four years prior <br />to the operation of the plant and at annual or biennial intervals for <br />as long as ten years after the plant begins operation. <br /> <br />SUPPORTED BY: Utah Power and Light Company and Brigham Young <br />University. <br />