Jordan River Watershed

Jordan valley water conservancy district as a water provider in utah our purpose is to deliver a sustainable water supply that promotes individual and community well being.

Jordan river watershed.

It is a small community just north of victoria that seems to constantly draw us out of the city to experience its natural beauty. The jordan river is monitored every three years through the watershed council s comprehensive water quality monitoring cwqm program for dissolved oxygen specific conductivity ph nitrate nitrogen total nitrogen total phosphorus chloride levels and total suspended solids. Jordan river valley portion of the jordan valley a rift valley which runs north south along the jordan river. The jordan river has an upper course from its sources to the sea of galilee and a lower course south of the sea of galilee down to the dead sea.

Elevations range from 11 900 feet in the wasatch range to 4 200 feet where jordan river drains into the great salt lake. The jordan river in the state of utah united states is a river about 51 miles 82 km long. Donate and get a 2020 calendar here. It is a small community just north of victoria that seems to constantly draw us out of the city to experience its natural beauty.

The jordan river and its watershed. Four of utah s six largest cities border the river. High school students can apply for our 1000 scholarship here. The jordan river watershed council is a coalition of local state and federal government agencies water districts and private organizations dedicated to protecting the water quality in the jordan river basin.

It lies in a structural depression and has the lowest elevation of any river in the world. The jordan river watershed is located in north central utah and drains an area of over 3 800 square miles. Salt lake city west valley city west jordan and sandy. Get your 2020 calendar.

Regulated by pumps at its headwaters at utah lake it flows northward through the salt lake valley and empties into the great salt lake. Some of our brightest ideas were born out in the waves at the mouth of the river its. Traditionally known as diitiida the jordan river is the original home of of the pacheedaht first nation.