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Utah Lake

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Utah Lake, c.145 sq mi (380 sq km), N central Utah; largest freshwater lake in the state. It drains through the Jordan River to the Great Salt Lake. Utah Lake is what remains of the prehistoric Lake Bonneville. The Provo Provo, river, c.70 mi (110 km) long, rising in the Uinta Mts., NE Utah, and flowing SW past Provo to Utah Lake. It was early used for irrigation, but after Utah Lake was badly depleted in the 1930s, the Bureau of Reclamation rehabilitated the old irrigation
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 River project and the Strawberry valley project Strawberry valley project, N central Utah, developed by the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation for irrigating lands S of Utah Lake; constructed 1906–13. The water of Strawberry River and its tributaries is carried by a tunnel through the Wasatch Range to a tributary of
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 irrigate the region. Bird and waterfowl preserves are there, as is Utah Lake Park.

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She found that nitrate, phosphorus, sediment, and other substances make it the most polluted river flowing into Utah Lake.
In Utah, the Soldier Pass fire at Lake Mountain on the west side of Utah Lake threatened three explosives plants located within five miles of one another, said Utah County fire marshal Tom Wroe.
 
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