Geothermal Use in Utah
Introduction & Map
Power Plants
Commercial Greenhouses
Resorts & Recreation
Aquaculture
Space Heating

Aquaculture

Crystal (Bluffdale) Hot Springs, Salt Lake County

Hi-Tech Fisheries, a contract operator for Utah Correctional Industries, operates commercial tropical fish facilities near Crystal Pond, the largest of several ponds fed by Crystal Hot Springs.

These fish are growing in a geothermally heated hatchery at Hi-Tech Fisheries near the Utah State Prison.

Discharge water from Bluffdale Flower Growers and the prison geothermal facility is used by Hi-Tech Fisheries.

Crystal Springs Fisheries, another tropical fish facility, also uses the geothermal waters near the Utah State Prison.

Approximately half a million cichlids (tropical fish from Africa) are raised annually.

For more information on these springs, see greenhouses.

Belmont (Udy) Hot Springs, Box Elder County

The former owners of the resort operated the Belmont Springs Hatchery, a commercial aquaculture facility raising lobsters and crayfish for distribution out of the local area. The current managers are considering raising bass and tropical fish.

For more information on these springs, see resorts.

Monroe and Red Hill Hot Springs, Sevier County

At Mystic Hot Springs resort six tropical fish ponds are keep at 24°C (75°F) year around, where Koi, Mollies, African cichlids, and fancy guppies are raised for the pet store market.

For more information on these springs, see resorts.

Midway, Wasatch County

Water drains from the pool inside the Homestead Crater into a fish pond adjacent to the Homestead Resort, where Koi fish are raised.

For more information on the Midway springs, see resorts.

Space Heating

Newcastle, Iron County

Geothermal water is used to heat a LDS (The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints) wardhouse in the town of Newcastle.

For more information on the Newcastle area, see greenhouses.

Crystal (Bluffdale) Hot Springs, Salt Lake County

A minimum-security dormitory facility at the Utah State Prison is heated by the geothermal waters of Crystal Hot Springs.

For more information on these springs, see greenhouses.