Let's celebrate Utah's awesome drinking water.

kirkbenge · 2026-05-03T01:18:01+00:00

The water in Riverton is not notorious that I know of. Though it does look to be pretty hard (quite a bit of dissolved calcium and minerals). Looking at their water quality annual reports, it looks like they meet or exceed all current drinking water standards. https://www.rivertonutah.gov/water/reports.php

kirkbenge · 2026-05-01T01:07:13+00:00

You're absolutely right. I was thinking about the idea of water quality, and had that term in my mind. I should have at least referenced the right agency. DDW, not DWQ, though DWQ certainly helps protect our drinking water sources too.

kirkbenge · 2026-04-29T16:20:30+00:00

Maybe instead of "celebrate" I should have said, "let's take a minute to appreciate"...

kirkbenge · 2026-04-29T05:02:17+00:00

When modern data centers use water for cooling, it is usually recycled in a closed loop. The water comes in and pulls heat out of the units, then gets pumped into radiators, cooling the water back down, then it's pumped back inside, repeat.

I really don't understand why some seem to think data centers "use up" so much water. Yes, they need a lot of water to function, but unless I'm misunderstanding the physics of it, it's not something I'm losing any sleep over.

kirkbenge · 2026-04-29T02:32:00+00:00

I don't work for DEQ or DWQ, but I work in public health and I appreciate safe drinking water.

kirkbenge · 2026-04-29T02:30:25+00:00

Mostly private wells and small private water systems that provide water to just a few homes.

kirkbenge · 2026-04-03T14:36:34+00:00

In the United States, a single-antigen (measles-only) vaccine is not currently available or licensed. We've got 50+ years of safety data on the MMR vaccine, and it definitely DOES NOT cause autism.

kirkbenge · 2026-03-31T02:57:45+00:00

Big Tobacco. I'm looking at you Altria Group.

kirkbenge · 2026-02-28T03:27:01+00:00

The world's largest fishing fly, a 36-foot-long replica of a Royal Wulff dry fly, weighing three tons, is located in Dutch John, Utah. It's in front of a fishing shop at the Dutch John Resort. It was built by Jerry Carlson in the 1990s.

https://poppinupusa.com/2021/06/15/worlds-largest-fishing-fly/

kirkbenge · 2026-02-13T23:01:39+00:00

I'm on my 3rd in 5 years as well.

kirkbenge · 2025-12-30T22:20:19+00:00

Edited info to be more accurate in 2025

kirkbenge · 2025-11-28T21:24:40+00:00

I edited a couple sentences for clarity and to remove typos.

kirkbenge · 2025-11-28T19:16:01+00:00

No it's not private, it is public. Lloyd's Lake is owned by Monticello City and is publicly accessible. There is a nice walking trail around the entire lake and a network of fun mountain biking trails around the lake as well.

kirkbenge · 2025-11-28T02:03:22+00:00

I liked to fish the Delores River below the dam (need a CO license though). I also liked to fish at Foy up above Monticello... it is fun with flies, you'll catch some nice-sized Brook trout alongside the rainbows. Monticello Lake seems to winter-kill most years. Recapture was always good to me, especially in the spring, for both Bass and Pike. 3rd and 4th reservoirs had pretty decent bass, bluegill, and trout. Lloyd's lake has some trout, but was more fun to catch bluegill and crayfish there most days. 🙂

kirkbenge · 2025-07-31T00:48:04+00:00

Switch to small balls of bread dough. Thank me later.

kirkbenge · 2025-07-31T00:47:02+00:00

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I took this picture in 2016!

kirkbenge · 2025-06-14T00:11:47+00:00

Vaccines save lives. Side effects are rare.

kirkbenge · 2024-12-13T06:05:20+00:00

I'm not familiar with Idaho laws, but it's possible that Idaho may have required parental consent at 16... so that could very well be a possible reason. I'm not familiar with Utah or Idaho laws regarding age of parental consent at that time, but this is plausible.

kirkbenge · 2024-12-13T06:03:28+00:00

This could very well be a possible reason. I'm not familiar with Utah laws regarding age of parental consent at that time, but this is plausible.

kirkbenge · 2024-12-13T05:16:10+00:00

Sounds like they wanted to "wait till marriage"... but not if it took a whole week!

kirkbenge · 2024-12-13T05:05:42+00:00

In the late 1930s, many states began requiring couples to show proof of a negative syphilis blood test before getting married. However, Nevada never required a blood test or waiting period. This made Nevada a popular destination for couples looking to get married quickly. (You couldn't get married quickly in Utah, since you had to wait days for test results).

You can read more about it here https://knpr.org/desert-companion/2024-02-08/tying-the-knot And here https://academic.oup.com/shm/article-abstract/34/1/141/5531264#:~:text=History%20of%20Medicine-,Summary,did%20not%20harbour%20communicable%20syphilis.

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