Great Salt Lake
Tooele County, Utah34,764 acresView mapDirections
No nutrient or algae sampling on record from Utah DWQ for this lake.
Great Salt Lake in Tooele County, Utah has water-quality measurements published by Utah DWQ, shown here as reported. Surface area: 34764 acres.
Great Salt Lake is a 34,764-acre lake in Tooele County, Utah.
Source: EPA Water Quality Portal sampling records, Utah DWQ. Methodology: how these readings are compared.
What Great Salt Lake is good for
From access and monitoring records, not editorial picks.
- Big water34,764 acres
Swimming conditions
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Nutrient and algae readings are not a swimming clearance. Check local advisories before you swim.
Whether Great Salt Lake is safe to swim in today is a call for the Utah Division of Water Quality and the county health department, who post current advisories. LakeQuality does not issue swimming clearances.
Water quality measurements for Great Salt Lake
These are the measurements Utah DWQ publishes for Great Salt Lake, shown as reported. The condition class beside each reading is the EPA National Lakes Assessment class for this lake’s ecoregion.
No clarity data. TSI undefined.
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Lake Details
Surface area
34,764 acres
No bathymetric survey has been published for Great Salt Lake, so its depth is not documented here.
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Frequently asked questions about Great Salt Lake
Where is Great Salt Lake?
- Great Salt Lake is a lake in Tooele County, Utah. Its water-quality measurements are published by Utah DWQ and shown on this page as reported.
What is the water quality of Great Salt Lake?
- Great Salt Lake in Tooele County, Utah has water-quality measurements published by Utah DWQ, shown here as reported. Surface area: 34764 acres.
Is Great Salt Lake safe to swim in?
- Nutrient and algae readings are not a swimming clearance. Check local advisories before you swim.
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Where this data comes from
Measurements for Great Salt Lake come from the EPA Water Quality Portal. Per-sample source details are not recorded for this lake.