The Salt Lake Tribune analyzed dozens of water rights applications submitted in the two years following a moratorium on most new appropriations within the Great Salt Lake Basin. Here's what we found.
In its March monthly report, the Utah Snow Survey said that the Great Salt Lake could see 870,000 acre-feet of water entering the lake between April and July. This could boost elevation in the ...
which means more water can go downstream to the Great Salt Lake. More than 288,000 acre-feet of water has been approved for the lake and its wetlands. “While these changes do not mean this water ...
A Utah conservation group is hoping to change the lake's fate by joining a global network of grassroots organizers who advocate for water quality improvements.
Drivers may notice new billboards across Salt Lake County roadways that do much more than hawk attorney services or promote casinos that sit just over the state line.
Grow the Flow, a Utah-based water policy and advocacy non-profit group, has placed billboards throughout Salt Lake County, ...
The Great Salt Lake is the largest saltwater lake in the Western Hemisphere ... homes and industry have contributed to an annual deficit of more than 1 million acre-feet of water. As a result, the ...
Today, the water levels of Great Salt Lake are still about 5.5 feet below the healthy range. While Utahns have made considerable strides to save water over the last few years, Ferry said on ...
with 4200 representing the water level (in feet) that the Great Salt Lake requires for sustainability. “For recreation, hunting, sailing, mineral extraction, the brine shrimp industry — about ...
According to the Salt Lake Tribune, over the past couple of years, the state approved about 2,500 acre-feet of new water ...