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Wastewater reuse hasn’t caught on much in Utah because of concerns over how it could impact the Great Salt Lake, seen here March 29, 2025. Still, researchers warn that Utah is missing a big opportunity to stretch its limited water supply. (David Condos, KUER)

UCLA says Utah lags on recycling wastewater. That’s not how the state sees it

April 25th 2025 by David Condos / KUER

Utah is far behind other Colorado River Basin states when it comes to a potential way to stretch its limited water supply — the recycling of sewage wastewater. A recent UCLA analysis shows Utah clea...

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Ecologist Cassie Mellon motions toward the San Rafael River in Emery County, Utah, Aug. 20, 2024. Like many Colorado River tributaries, the San Rafael’s flow patterns have been dramatically altered by upstream dams and diversions. (David Condos/KUER)

As Utah’s San Rafael River dries, scientists try to give native fish a fighting chance

April 16th 2025 by David Condos / KUER

The San Rafael River has a problem. As it winds through red rock country northwest of Canyonlands National Park, it increasingly runs dry. Drought is again taking hold across Utah, and that could sp...

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A cow drinks from the Colorado River in Grand County, Utah, April 25, 2024. (David Condos/KUER)

Utah approves plan to pay farmers to leave water in the Colorado River

March 20th 2025 by David Condos / KUER

Utah is launching a plan to pay farmers to leave some of their irrigation water in the Colorado River system. The Colorado River Authority of Utah board has approved the first round of applicants fo...

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Bill Wolverton stands over the stump of a Russian olive tree he cut down near Utah’s Escalante River, Aug. 21, 2024. When he saw these invasive trees taking over the river’s banks more than two decades ago, he took it upon himself to fight back. (David Condos/KUER)

Utah beat back the Russian olive on the Escalante River. That progress is in peril

March 7th 2025 by David Condos / KUER

The Russian olive tree doesn’t mess around. It grows aggressively, choking out native plants. It weaves a dense web of branches armed with sharp thorns — inhospitable territory for wildlife and huma...

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The Colorado River near Grandstaff Canyon in Grand County, Sept. 16, 2024. (David Condos/KUER)

Utah seems ready to pay farmers to leave more water in the Colorado River

February 23rd 2025 by David Condos / KUER

Utah is another step closer to paying farmers to leave more water in the Colorado River system. The state’s Demand Management Pilot Program will use around $4 million in state money to compensate fa...

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Utah farms commonly use wheel line irrigation systems, like the one seen here in Wayne County, Aug. 22, 2024. Making these sprinklers more water-efficient may help farms produce more crops but that doesn’t mean it would save more water for the Colorado River. (David Condos/KUER)

Utah’s big water efficiency push may help farms more than the Colorado River

February 10th 2025 by David Condos / KUER

Water is precious to Dwight Brinkerhoff. Over the decades he’s farmed in Wayne County, the goal has been to stretch water supplies. “It is the resource that we have that if we did not have, we would...

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Utah farms commonly use wheel line irrigation systems, like the one seen here in Wayne County, Aug. 22, 2024. Making these sprinklers more water-efficient may help farms produce more crops but that doesn’t mean it would save more water for the Colorado River. (David Condos/KUER)

Utah’s big water efficiency push may help farms more than the Colorado River

February 6th 2025 by David Condos / KUER

Water is precious to Dwight Brinkerhoff. Over the decades he’s farmed in Wayne County, the goal has been to stretch water supplies. “It is the resource that we have that if we did not have, we would...

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Farmer Gary Wilson stands in one of his alfalfa fields in Moab, Utah, Sept. 17, 2024. For years, he also farmed the land next to this field, but it has been developed into large homes in recent years.

What swapping crops for houses means for Utah’s water and agriculture future

January 22nd 2025 by David Condos / KUER

Farms are quickly becoming mementos of a different time in Moab. Over the four decades Gary Wilson has grown alfalfa in this touristy corner of southeast Utah, his fields have increasingly become is...

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A man rows on the Great Salt Lake on April 15, 2023, in Magna, Utah. Workers, hobbyists and residents who rely on the Great Salt Lake are rejoicing this year after winter's snow melted and led to a 6-foot rise at the lake. (Rick Bowmer/AP)

Sorry, Utah, Great Salt Lake license plates are still months away. Here’s why

January 16th 2025 by Macy Lipkin / KUER

If you are still waiting for your Great Salt Lake license plate, be patient. Despite hope that they would be ready by now, they won’t be out for a few more months. That’s because the 2024 license pl...

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Farmer and rancher Coby Hunt stands next to idle irrigation equipment in one of his fields near the town of Green River, Aug. 19, 2024. Utah is launching a new program that will pay producers to leave their fields empty, as Hunt has done, and leave their irrigation water in the Colorado River system. (David Condos/KUER)

Utah wants to shore up its Colorado River share with a water ‘savings account’

December 19th 2024 by David Condos / KUER

Coby Hunt’s farm field near the southeast Utah town of Green River would normally be filled with alfalfa growing up to his knees. This year, however, it was barren — pale gray dirt cracking under th...

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The marina at Great Salt Lake State Park, near Magna, Utah, Jan. 27, 2024. Photo by Jim Hill, KUER

New data could tell us how much of Utah’s water simply disappears into the air

December 10th 2024 by David Condos / KUER

For all the talk about how much water exits Utah through the Colorado River, that’s not the primary way water leaves the state. Much of it simply floats off into the air. Right now, Utah doesn’t hav...

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Doug Bennett of the Washington County Water Conservancy District points out part of Sunbrook Golf Course that has been converted from grass to desert landscaping, Dec. 3, 2024. Photo by David Condos/KUER

St. George has cut a slice of turf from its golf game — and is eyeing more

December 10th 2024 by David Condos / KUER

On the edge of St. George’s Sunbrook Golf Course, manicured greens give way to a mound of gray rock dotted with small palm trees, yuccas and desert shrubs. Compared to the sea of green turf, it migh...

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Agriculture is Utah's biggest water user, but some farmers don’t use any irrigation. One is Shay Lewis, seen here in his field near Monticello, Utah, Aug. 20, 2024. Credit: David Condos, KUER

Think Utah farmers should do without irrigation? Here’s what that looks like

November 26th 2024 by David Condos / KUER

Shay Lewis waded into a stand of thigh-high wheat, snatched one of the seed heads and tossed some grain into his mouth. “Those are plump kernels,” he said, gesturing to the harvest waiting in his fi...

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As the Colorado River becomes increasingly strained and droughts get more extreme, some farmers and ranchers are experimenting with alternative crops, such as the Kernza grain seen here on Sept. 17, 2024. Credit: David Condos, KUER

How unconventional crops could save water — and reshape Utah farming

November 22nd 2024 by David Condos / KUER

Just outside Canyonlands National Park in San Juan County, rancher Matt Redd walked to a spot where two of his pastures meet. One side is growing alfalfa and other traditional grazing crops with wh...

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Mark Maryboy points across the San Juan River to where his family used to farm on the Navajo Nation in southeast Utah, Sept. 19, 2024. Credit: David Condos, KUER

With water rights in hand, Navajo still hope to restore farms on Utah’s San Juan

October 31st 2024 by David Condos / KUER

Navajo family farms once lined the San Juan River in southeast Utah, but many have fallen idle. A water rights settlement with Utah has given some Navajo residents hope those farms can return. The S...

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Reagan Wytsalucy examines corn growing in a community garden she helped start next to the Navajo Nation in southeast Utah, Sept. 18, 2024. Credit: David Condos, KUER

Navajo food traditions tap into the past, and future, of farming the arid Southwest

October 31st 2024 by David Condos / KUER

When you imagine a ripe, juicy peach, you might not picture it growing in a red rock canyon. Centuries ago, however, tribes in the Four Corners cultivated vast orchards of an heirloom variety called t...

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Andy Rice holds one of the nozzles on a center pivot irrigation system his ranch was able to install thanks to state money, Aug. 21, 2024. Utah’s Agricultural Water Optimization Program has put millions of dollars into helping farmers and ranchers modernize their irrigation systems since 2019. Credit: David Condos, KUER

Audio: Utah has a $276M bet on farms to save Colorado River water. How’s it going?

September 11th 2024 by David Condos / KUER

BOULDER — South-central Utah is not your typical farm country. To the eye, there appears to be more red rock than green fields To make a go of it, farms often huddle around the precious few rivers t...

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The Utah Water Savers program says lawn irrigation makes up a majority of household water use. That's why the state is looking to encourage Utahns to swap out thirsty grass for more waterwise landscaping. Tilda Wilson/KUER

Utah’s 4th-largest city isn’t a part of the state’s grass replacement plan. Why?

July 25th 2024 by Tilda Wilson / KUER

Utah launched its Landscape Conversion Incentive Program in 2023. It offers a rebate to homeowners who switch out their grass with more water-efficient landscaping. But there’s a catch. To get the r...

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Can the military and conservation coexist? Great Salt Lake says yes

June 25th 2024 by Sean Higgins / KUER

Conservation and military use don’t always go hand in hand. But in the case of Great Salt Lake, it’s a different story. From Logan to Utah Lake in the south and the Wasatch Front to the western shor...

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Southwest Utah’s horde of tourists and snowbirds are a stealthy demand on its water

May 18th 2024 by David Condos / KUER

It’s no secret that the expanding population in St. George is on a collision course with its limited water supply. But what about the tourists and snowbirds flocking there? According to a 2019 estim...

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When the Salton Sea shrank, it took Bombay Beach with it. Utah should heed the warning

May 13th 2024 by Saige Miller / KUER

Candace Youngberg's feet crunch across the parched playa as she walks to her favorite art installation on the Salton Sea shoreline in Bombay Beach, California. The large, handmade metal sign reads “S...

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Lingering drought effects are stealing the runoff thunder from Utah’s snowpack

May 13th 2024 by David Condos / KUER

I Runoff from mountain snowpack is particularly precious in Utah. It provides 95% of the state’s water supply. In recent years, however, getting above-average snowpack hasn’t necessarily led to abov...

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Thanks to NASA-born tech (and lasers), Utah is getting a precision look at its snowpack

May 9th 2024 by David Condos / KUER

A new way to snow survey that originated at NASA is flying over Utah for the first time this year. Airborne Snow Observatories’s founders, including Chief Technical Officer Jeff Deems, developed the...

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High water during runoff on the Jordan River in Utah County, April 9, 2024. Water levels are high enough to submerge flood plains this year, but with climate change, this could become an increasingly rare occurrence. (Tilda Wilson, KUER)

Wet ‘miracle springs’? Utah shouldn’t count on ‘em and keep its eye on conservation

April 27th 2024 by Tilda Wilson / KUER

In Utah, a long dry winter is often followed by heavy drought-busting rain in the spring. A new study from Utah State University defines these as “miracle springs.” It also indicates that as climate c...

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Visitors on Silver Sands Beach at Great Salt Lake State Park, near Magna, stand on rocks jutting out into the iconic saline lake with Antelope Island seen in the background, Jan. 27, 2024. Jim Hill, KUER

These are the 2024 policy wins for Utah’s Great Salt Lake

March 13th 2024 by Saige Miller KUER / KUER

When Utah lawmakers went to work in 2022, it was dubbed “the year of water,” with a big focus on the ailing Great Salt Lake. A good chunk of the 45-day work session was devoted to revamping water law...

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A sign by artist Keith Jones is one of many art installations on display on the shores of the Salton Sea in Bombay Beach, Calif., on Friday, Dec. 15, 2023. Kristin Murphy, Deseret News

Like Utah, California has had pipeline dreams to save its drying Salton Sea

February 8th 2024 by Saige Miller KUER / KUER

Most people don’t know that California’s largest lake — the Salton Sea — was a mishap. Birthed in 1905 when the Colorado River experienced massive floods, the accidental lake soon became a community...

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Rosa Mandujano reattaches part of her son Ruben Mandujano’s nebulizer after he pulled it off prematurely hoping he was done, at their home near the Salton Sea and Mecca, California, on Thursday, Dec. 14, 2023. Ruben, 5, has asthma and is autistic. He doesn’t like the nebulizer, which administers albuterol, as it often makes him throw up. Kristin Murphy, Deseret News.

Lakebed dust is a worry in Utah. For California’s Salton Sea, it’s a full-blown problem

February 7th 2024 by Saige Miller / KUER

Sitting on the couch next to his mom inside their mobile home in Mecca, California, 5-year-old Ruben Mandujano lets out a gurgled cough while playing on a tablet. The phlegm stuck in his throat is not...

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Kazakh fisherman Aidarbek Altay Uly, pictured Tuesday, Nov. 7, 2023, says that the section of the Aral Sea where he fishes has significantly shrunk in recent years and that the lake's fish are once again disappearing as the water becomes more saline. Abduaziz Madyarov / Special For The Great Salt Lake Collaborative

Audio: Kazakhstan’s drying Aral Sea carries a message for those worried about the Great Salt Lake

January 18th 2024 by Levi Bridges / KUER

Will Utahns need to adapt to a smaller, dustier salt lake? Or can the watershed unite to reverse its decline? Great Salt Lake is often compared to a lake in Central Asia: The Aral Sea. Back in the ‘...

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Ryan G. Sinclair, Loma Linda University associate professor of public health and earth and biological sciences, and Quinn Montgomery, Alianza consultant biologist, go to various locations on the Salton Sea to collect water samples and check on a hydrogen sulfide sensor in Imperial County, Calif., on Thursday, Dec. 14, 2023. Kristin Murphy, Deseret News.

The Salton Sea shows why Utah should pay attention to Great Salt Lake’s stench

January 4th 2024 by Saige Miller / KUER

The eighth largest saline lake in the world is a Utah icon. More than 10 million birds take sanctuary there every year. And sometimes, Great Salt Lake smells like rotten eggs. That distinct tang i...

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A center pivot irrigation system sprays water on a crop field in Beaver County, Utah, July 6, 2023. The state’s new water banking program provides an avenue for farmers and other water users to lease some of their water to others without losing their rights to it.

So far, Utah’s water banking is showing the path beyond ‘use it or lose it’

November 10th 2023 by David Condos / KUER

In a dry state like Utah, there’s not always enough water to go around. But when there is extra water, how exactly do you spread it around? Over the past three years, the state’s water banking progr...

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Great Basin Water Network Deputy Director Chandler Rosenberg speaks at a rally at the Utah State Capitol promoting a new report that details potential impacts of development near wetlands critical to the Great Salt Lake, Nov. 6, 2023.

Great Salt Lake wetlands are the latest battleground with the Utah Inland Port

November 10th 2023 by Sean Higgins / KUER

Opponents of the Utah Inland Port say the shipping and logistics hub is the single greatest threat to the Great Salt Lake’s wetlands. Stop the Polluting Port, Great Salt Lake Audubon, Utah Physician...

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Last winter was good to Great Salt Lake, but Utah Rivers Council says more can be done

November 1st 2023 by Saige Miller KUER / KUER

As Great Salt Lake experiences what is traditionally its lowest point of the year, things aren’t looking too bad. “It's been a good October,” said Ben Stireman, a deputy director in the Utah Divisio...

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A plane flies into Salt Lake City International Airport as an inversion settles into the valley, diminishing the air quality in February 2022. Many west-siders, who suffer the most from air pollution, don't know how to plead their case to decision-makers.

Salt Lake City west-siders dealing with bad air are disconnected from their politicians

August 17th 2023 by Saige Miller and Alixel Cabrera / KUER

Editor’s note: This story is part of Reaching for Air — a collaboration of The Salt Lake Tribune, KUER and the Brown Institute for Media Innovation, which explores air quality along the Salt Lake Vall...

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Tar seeps on the shore of the Great Salt Lake become more visible as the water level drops. They can form beautiful patterns as they ooze and freeze. (Courtesy Gretchen Henderson)

What oily, sticky tar seeps can teach us about saving Great Salt Lake

April 20th 2023 by Ciara Hulet and Emily Pohlsander / KUER

Near Spiral Jetty on the northeast shore of Great Salt Lake, there is a phenomenon known as tar seeps. Sticky, black oil bubbles up to the dry lake bed and entraps unsuspecting birds and small mammals...

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The receding water line and the exposed lakebed on the Great Salt Lake's north arm as seen from the air, Aug. 3, 2022. David Childs/KUER

What vital signs will show us that the Great Salt Lake is improving?

April 5th 2023 by Saige Miller KUER / KUER

Utah’s record-setting winter has been exciting for both skiers and lawmakers working to revive the ailing Great Salt Lake. Gov. Spencer Cox told reporters in mid-March that lake levels were up 2 feet...

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(Ben B. Braun, Deseret News) Archaeologist Ron Rood climbs down to the floor of Danger Cave in Tooele County on Sunday, Dec. 11, 2022.

Danger Cave still evokes life as it was at a Great Salt Lake of 8,000 years ago

February 6th 2023 by Elaine Clark / KUER

Many Salt Lakers driving the 120 miles to Wendover are after the kind of rest and relaxation they can’t find in the beehive state: gambling, cheap liquor or maybe even some recreational marijuana. B...

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‘Mother Earth cries’ but hope remains for the Great Salt Lake, says poet

December 29th 2022 by Ciara Hulet / KUER

Poetry is magic. That’s what poet Elizabeth Cruz says — she firmly believes her writing can help save the drying Great Salt Lake. “Mother Earth cries. Mother Earth suffers. Sometimes it is because o...

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Utah author pens a tale of parental anxiety that parallels a drying Great Salt Lake

December 28th 2022 by Pamela McCall / KUER

“The Edge of Something” is author and playwright Elaine Jarvik’s emotional short story. The backdrop is the dwindling Great Salt Lake. Her work appears in the Great Salt Lake Anthology. In Jarvik’s...

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Utah’s population boom could further strain its limited water

December 18th 2022 by Saige Miller KUER / KUER

A report published by the Utah State University Institute of Land, Water and Air shows that Utah’s rapid population growth could further strain the state’s limited natural resources. A group of rese...

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Will time run out on Romney’s bill to fund research to save the Great Salt Lake?

December 6th 2022 by Saige Miller KUER / KUER

Utah’s Great Salt Lake is at a record low and has already begun its ecological collapse. But it’s not the only salty lake in despair. On the final day of November, the Saline Lake Ecosystems in the...

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Utah youth hold “die-in” to mourn the decline of Great Salt Lake

September 4th 2022 by Saige Miller KUER / KUER

Over 100 people walked silently in a single file on the dry Great Salt Lake bed Saturday. They wanted to send a message to elected Utah leaders that a healthy Great Salt Lake is vital to the environ...

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Causey Reservoir is located about 20 miles east of Ogden in Weber County. Saige Miller/KUER

Utah can’t save or stretch its precious water if it can’t super accurately measure it

August 22nd 2022 by Saige Miller KUER / KUER

As the Western megadrought stretches on, conservation, rate hikes or tearing out turf may not be enough. There’s still a thirsty population, anagricultural industry and the shrinkingGreat Salt Lake to...

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Utah State University's Matt Yost presents his findings on water-saving irrigation technology for agriculture, Aug. 4, 2022. Photo: Saige Miller, KUER

Utah agriculture wants more support and research to reach future water-saving goals

August 8th 2022 by Saige Miller KUER / KUER

The Utah Legislature, the federal government and community members are all weighing in on how best to address the ongoing drought, but all eyes are on Utah’s agricultural industry to reduce its water...

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The drying north end of the Great Salt Lake as captured by Landsat 8 on July 24, 2021. Courtesy NASA

Critics say the Great Salt Lake Recovery Act pushes more study when action is what’s needed

July 21st 2022 by Sean Higgins / KUER

State leaders are optimistic federal legislation that could provide millions in funding to help the shrinking Great Salt Lake will have traction in Washington, but some water advocates in Utah are sti...

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Wasatch Front data centers are thirsty for water, and in a drought that’s a bad look

July 15th 2022 by Pamela McCall / KUER

The usual drought talk about clouds asks when and where it will rain. Not this time. We’re still talking about the cloud, but now we’re focused on the computers that power it — and the water used to c...

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Rick Bowmer / AP A chair sits on an exposed sand bar on the southern shore of the Great Salt Lake on March 3, 2022, near Salt Lake City. The Great Salt Lake has hit a new historic low for the second time in less than a year. Utah Department of Natural Resources said Monday, June 5, 2022, in a news release, the lake dipped Sunday to 4,190.1 feet.

Romney, Stewart and Owens pitch Congress on a Great Salt Lake rescue bill

July 14th 2022 by Saige Miller KUER / KUER

The ailing Great Salt Lake has caught the attention of Washington. Sen. Mitt Romney announced Thursday that he and fellow Republican Reps. Chris Stewart and Burgess Owens introduced a bill to preserve...

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Are you watering your lawn wrong? USU’s Water Checkers will help you figure it out

June 30th 2022 by Nadia Pflaum / KUER

At Nick Clayton’s house in Cottonwood Heights, it looks like a squadron of tiny aliens has landed. Little blue, plastic cups on tripod legs dot the lawn, placed by Charlotte and Caroline Jacketta. T...

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Low water levels are visible from the air as Utah Lawmakers take an aerial tour of the Great Salt Lake by Blackhawk helicopters from the Utah National Guard. They left from the Capitol in Salt Lake City Utah on Tuesday, Feb. 15, 2022. Scott G Winterton / Deseret News, Pool

Toxic dust warnings might be our future as the Great Salt Lake shrivels up

June 20th 2022 by Ivana Martinez / KUER

The Great Salt Lake is shrinking at an alarming rate, and it’s about to reach a new record low following an extreme drought. That’s raising concern about potential health impacts as dust storms roll...

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Renee Bright / KUER

RadioWest: It's Not Too Late (Yet) For A New Water Policy

June 10th 2022 by Doug Fabrizio / KUER

Water policy shapes how we live in the West, and for years, we’ve carried on, changing very little in our water consumption, even in the face of megadroughts, increasing population density and shrinki...

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Renee Bright / KUER /

The State And Fate Of The Great Salt Lake, Part I

May 2nd 2022 by Doug Fabrizio / KUER

There’s no sugarcoating it: The Great Salt Lake is dying. In fact, the obituary has already been written, and according to the people studying the problem, we may only have a matter of months before t...

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Winds whip toxic dust from the exposed lakebed left behind by the receding Great Salt Lake. Molly Blakowski / Utah State University

A century of human activity is coming back as toxic dust as the Great Salt Lake shrinks

April 27th 2022 by Pamela McCall / KUER

The scenario reads more like apocalyptic science fiction than reality. The Great Salt Lake recedes and an ecological disaster, fanned by the wind, hits the Wasatch Front. But it’s not fiction. A team...

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Horses graze on the former Lake Aculeo southwest of Santiago, Chile, in January  2021. The lake completely dried up in May 2018 due to drought, overpumping of groundwater, rapid population growth and agricultural as well as urban diversions. It serves as a cautionary tale for the dwindling Great Salt Lake.

Interview: Why a dry Chilean lagoon matters to the future of the Great Salt Lake

April 22nd 2022 by Caroline Ballard / KUER

KUER's Caroline Ballard interviews Will Munger from Utah State University and Amy Joi O'Donoghue of the Deseret News about the connections between Great Salt Lake and a dry lagoon in Chile. {sourc...

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A poet is keeping vigil at the Great Salt Lake during Utah’s legislative session

February 15th 2022 by Emily Means / KUER

The salty, eggy stink of the Great Salt Lake smacks you right in the face on the drive to Antelope Island. Along the nearly seven-mile-long causeway to the island, there are hundreds, maybe thousand...

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Brian Albers / For KUER

The State and Fate of the Great Salt Lake, Part III

February 3rd 2022 by Doug Fabrizio / KUER

Everybody seems to agree the Great Salt Lake is in dire straits. So, what can be done to help it? A lot of ideas have been proposed for getting more water to Great Salt Lake. This Friday at 11 a.m.,...

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Elaine Clark / KUER

The State And Fate Of The Great Salt Lake, Part II

October 8th 2021 by Doug Fabrizio / KUER

According to scientists who study it, the Great Salt Lake — the largest saltwater lake in the western hemisphere — is drying up.The lake has already reached the lowest water level in history, and its...

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