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Great Salt Lake official offers upbeat assessment, at least in the near term
November 16th 2023 by Tim Vandenack / Standard-Examiner
Looking forward, a few things give Great Salt Lake Commissioner Brian Steed optimism about the near-term prospects of boosting the lake’s water level or at least holding steady. Relatively high wate...
Compass Minerals to halt Great Salt Lake lithium project, at least for now
November 9th 2023 by Tim Vandenack / Standard-Examiner
Compass Minerals will halt a planned lithium operation at its western Weber County facility that has drawn intense scrutiny and criticism from state officials stemming from its potential impact on the...
Ogden mayoral hopefuls discuss potential policy related to the Great Salt Lake
September 28th 2023 by Heather May / Standard-Examiner
OGDEN — The Great Salt Lake has long been an undeniable asset to the region. However, this asset has been under threat. Between the ravages of climate change and increasing interception of source wa...
Weber Basin official: Snowfall should fill reservoirs, boost Great Salt Lake
February 12th 2023 by Tim Vandenack / Standard-Examiner
The head of one of the key water suppliers in and around Weber and Davis counties is offering a very upbeat water projection going forward thanks to the heavy snowfall so far this winter. “We’re smi...
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As the Great Salt Lake fades away, so do its islands
September 12th 2022 by Tim Vandenack / Standard-Examiner
Call it Antelope Island, but by no means is it an island. Same goes for Fremont Island, Stansbury Island, Gunnison Island and other smaller land masses — like Hat and Carrington islands — that used...
Weber Basin study: Secondary water meters drive down consumption
August 15th 2022 by Mark Shenefelt / Standard-Examiner
The Weber Basin Water Conservancy District is trying to gauge whether secondary water meters installed at homes are having a significant impact on consumption. The Layton-based district, which gathe...
Microbialites also tell the story of the Great Salt Lake’s worrisome decline
August 9th 2022 by Tim Vandenack / Standard-Examiner
OGDEN — It’s not just the declining water level. Some of the rocky structures in the Great Salt Lake — microbialites — are also telling the story of the water body’s worrisome decline. The upshot o...
Compass Minerals in talks with Ford, LG Energy to supply lithium products
August 7th 2022 by Tim Vandenack / Standard-Examiner
Compass Minerals is in talks with Ford Motor Co. and LG Energy Solution to supply the manufacturing giants with a key ingredient needed in the growing market for lithium-ion batteries for electric veh...
Moore, Romney tout federal plans calling for study to help Great Salt Lake
July 29th 2022 by Tim Vandenack / Standard-Examiner
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Not every initiative to help bolster water levels in the drying Great Salt Lake is coming out of Utah. A pair of federal measures driven by Utah’s delegation to Washington, D.C.,...
Flip Your Strip gaining traction, leading to removal of water-guzzling turf
July 15th 2022 by Tim Vandenack / Standard-Examiner
WASHINGTON TERRACE — As the drought lingers, threatening the availability of water for generations to come and the future of the Great Salt Lake, Washington Terrace Mayor Mark Allen is starting to not...
History lessons: Are Utahns ‘waking up’ to the Great Salt Lake’s peril?
May 14th 2022 by Mark Shenefelt / Standard-Examiner
The Great Salt Lake, already vulnerable to climate fluctuations over the ages, has been “set up to fail” by human impacts, but some of those who are making such assessments nevertheless see hopeful si...
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