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This screengrab of a map from the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Natural Resources Conservation Service website shows that the snow-water equivalent in the Weber River basin amounted to 150% of the 30-year average as of Wednesday, Feb. 8, 2023.

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...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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Tim Vandenack, Standard-Examiner

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.,...

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Washington Terrace Mayor Mark Allen stands outside his home on Tuesday, July 12, 2022, in front of the park strip that he converted from grass to rocks. He tapped into the Weber Basin Water Conservancy District's Flip Your Strip program to complete the changeover, meant to help reduce the amount of water he uses for irrigation.

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...

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Rick Bowmer, Associated Press  Pelicans gather on an island on Farmington Bay near the Great Salt Lake on Tuesday, June 29, 2021, in Farmington. The Great Salt Lake in Utah has been shrinking for years, and a drought gripping the American West could make this year the worst yet. The receding water is already affecting nesting pelicans that are among millions of birds dependent on the largest natural lake west of the Mississippi River.

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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