2009 Watershed Plan
In August of 2005, South Valley Sewer District (SVSD) made a request to amend the 1978 Area-Wide Water Quality Management Plan.
In the process of re-visiting the 1978 plan, it became apparent that numerous factors such as land-use, population projections, jurisdictional boundaries, water quality requirements/impairments, water supply/use, and wastewater treatment processes have changed significantly since 1978.
As a result, the Salt Lake County Council allocated monies into the 2006 budget to initiate the development of a Water Quality Stewardship Plan, to update the existing Area-Wide Water Quality Management Plan.
The updated plan, completed in 2009, contains all of the essential elements found in the original Area-Wide Water Quality Management Plan (also known as a 208 Plan) and incorporated guidance from the recently published Handbook for Developing Watershed Plans to Restore and Protect Our Waters (EPA, 2006).
Chapters
- Table of Contents
- Acknowledgements (100 kb)
- Document Preparers (200 kb)
- Ch1: Introduction (800 kb)
- Ch2: Goals and Objectives (734 kb)
- Ch3: Watershed Characterization (5.3 mb)
- Ch4 - Watershed Planning Elements (17 mb)
- Ch5 - Atlas of Opportunities (33 mb)
- Ch6 - Implementation (1.2 mb)
- Ch7 - Monitoring (428 kb)
- References (200 kb)
- Acronyms (100 kb)
- Glossary (128 kb)
Appendices
- Authorities and Jurisdictions (563 kb)
- UPDES Discharge Permits (450 kb)
- Wastewater Technical Memorandums (15.5 mb)
- Habitat Bibliography (1.1 MB 1.1 mb)
- GAP Vegetation Descriptions (2.5 mb)
- Public Opinion Survey (14.5 mb)
- Stream Function Index (SFI) Methodology (800 kb)
- Responsiveness Summary (189 kb)
- Headwaters Protection Supplementary Documents (340 kb)
- Stakeholders (180 kb)
Addendum: Stream Function Index (SFI)
The Stream Function Index is a rapid assessment monitoring tool developed by Salt Lake County to help achieve the goals of the WaQSP. The SFI measures the general health and condition of major waterways in the County, and provides the framework for further detailed studies and monitoring.
- SFI Summary (8-page brochure)
- SFI Main Report (8.2 mb)
- SFI Appendices (952 kb)
City-Specific SFI Reports:
- Alta (2.5 mb)
- Bluffdale (2.7 mb)
- Cottonwood Heights (3.2 mb)
- Draper (3.0 mb)
- Herriman (2.9 mb)
- Holladay (2.9 mb)
- Midvale (3.0 mb)
- Murray (3.2 mb)
- Riverton (2.9 mb)
- Salt Lake City (3.1 mb)
- Sandy (3.3 mb)
- South Jordan (3.3 mb)
- South Salt Lake (3.1 mb)
- Taylorsville (3.1 mb)
- West Jordan (3.1 mb)
- West Valley (3.1 mb)
Plan Approval Letters
Watershed Planning and Restoration
2001 S State St NL-400 N3-120
Salt Lake City, UT 84114-4575
Phone: (385) 468-6600
Fax: (385) 468-6603
