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SALT LAKE CITY — The Great Salt Lake Watershed Enhancement Trust ... He covers Salt Lake City, statewide transportation issues, outdoors, the environment and weather. He is a graduate of ...
The Great Salt Lake typically rises and then falls about 2 feet every year, with snow and then summer heat. But ...
The disappearance of the Great Salt Lake would cause an ecological disaster affecting millions. Drilling for deep groundwater ...
SALT LAKE CITY — Local water districts are asking people to start reducing their outdoor water use to avoid problems later on ...
Great Salt Lake will likely have a tough summer. The saline lake relies on mountain snow melt to fill it with water, ...
Utah’s phenomenal, record-breaking winter has already given the Great Salt Lake a boost ... one good year isn’t going to solve our problems.” An impressive 1.4 million acre-feet have ...
And the Great Salt Lake isn’t unique ... among other health issues. Owens Lake has been among the largest sources of dust pollution in the nation. The City of Los Angeles has spent more than ...
But with rapid population growth comes a range of environmental problems. Water that is typically diverted from rivers and snowfall into the Great Salt Lake is being sent elsewhere, causing the ...
SALT LAKE CITY (KUTV) — Utah Gov. Spencer Cox has issued a new executive order aimed at raising the water levels of the Great Salt Lake. In a news release Friday, Cox said his order would raise ...
The Great Salt Lake has been in trouble for a few decades now thanks to overuse and drought—problems supercharged by climate change. Overall, the lake has dropped a total of 11 feet since it ...
Last November, the Great Salt Lake, the largest saline lake in the ... where the briny water of the lake laps against land, Utah’s water issues also become air issues. “It’s like a bathtub ...
On Sept. 6, five environmental groups, including the Utah Rivers Council and the Center for Biological Diversity, sued Utah for failing to protect the Great Salt Lake. If they win, Utah may have ...