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PBS Utah: Drought and the Colorado River
07-25-2024 by Utah Insight by PBS Utah
How can Utah best negotiate water rights with a growing population and ongoing drought? Water storage at Lake Powell and Lake Mead is curren...
Utah’s 4th-largest city isn’t a part of the state’s grass replacement plan. Why?
07-25-2024 by Tilda Wilson
Utah launched its Landscape Conversion Incentive Program in 2023. It offers a rebate to homeowners who switch out their grass with more wate...
Utah identifies 8 new 'priorities' in plan to mitigate Great Salt Lake dust
07-22-2024 by Carter Williams
SALT LAKE CITY — The Great Salt Lake's demise over the past two decades has opened up new concerns over dust from its drying lakebed in rece...
Video: Utah creates an action plan to tackle Great Salt Lake dust
07-22-2024 by Ben Winslow
SALT LAKE CITY — The Great Salt Lake Commissioner, tasked with coming up with a plan to save the shrinking lake, has created a priority list...
Video: Some water districts no longer offer incentives for artificial turf
07-18-2024 by Ben Winslow
HERRIMAN, Utah — Some days, Shauna Purser really likes her lawn. Other days, she doesn't like it so much. "Very, very mixed feelings. Ther...
Hungry, hungry bovines: How cows are helping benefit the Great Salt Lake
07-17-2024 by Megan Banta
The Nature Conservancy Utah has gained ground on thousands of acres of wetland in its yearslong battle against the invasive grass using its...
12 Great Salt Lake-themed art projects unveiled as Salt Lake City looks to 'wake' the lake
07-17-2024 by Carter Williams
SALT LAKE CITY — Scholars, politicians and environmental groups have all written and spoken about Great Salt Lake's importance, but Utah's c...
Why Salt Lake City wants residents to 'adopt' a storm drain
06-14-2022 by Carter Williams
New $50 million pipeline project looks to improve water quality at the Great Salt Lake
06-08-2022 by April Baker
Can this technology be an answer to farmland water use in the West?
06-06-2022 by Amy Joi O'Donoghue, Deseret News & Dan Spindle, KSL TV
A solution to Great Salt Lake’s algal blooms? Pipe wastewater to where the brine shrimp graze.
06-04-2022 by Leia Larsen
‘It’s just idyllic’: Great Salt Lake Rowing Club plows ahead, despite low water levels
06-04-2022 by Ray Boone
Art project shows students how drought threatens the Great Salt Lake area
06-01-2022 by Dan Spindle
More exposed Great Salt Lake bed means increased dust storms, officials warn
05-30-2022 by Ben Winslow
‘Water is not going to magically appear,’ says Interior’s Tanya Trujillo
05-20-2022 by Amy Joi O’Donoghue
Utah lawmakers consider a pipeline from the Pacific Ocean to the Great Salt Lake
05-17-2022 by Ben Winslow
History lessons: Are Utahns ‘waking up’ to the Great Salt Lake’s peril?
05-14-2022 by Mark Shenefelt
N. Utah seeing its worst dust in a decade. Why the drying Great Salt Lake isn’t to blame — yet.
05-13-2022 by Leia Larsen
Big dam, small dam, no dam — What’s the right water answer for this growing Utah community?
05-12-2022 by Leia Larsen
Great Salt Lake continues to shrink but one expert is optimistic
05-12-2022 by Scott McKane
Southern Utah communities to tear out more than 100,000 square feet of water-hogging turf
05-10-2022 by Ben Winslow
'It matters ... when your water goes away': Reexamining the end of Utah's 'lost oasis'
05-05-2022 by Carter Williams
West Valley City legalizes artificial turf in Utah's drought emergency
05-05-2022 by Ben Winslow
Why water experts want Utahns to be 'the lone weirdo' when it comes to xeriscaping
05-03-2022 by Carter Williams
Utah farmer plants differently to save soil moisture during historic drought
05-01-2022 by Erin Cox
How Interior's $1M grant helps avoid 'catastrophic' Great Salt Lake wetlands issues
04-29-2022 by Carter Williams
Utah political leaders pressured to move quickly to save Great Salt Lake
04-28-2022 by Ben Winslow
A century of human activity is coming back as toxic dust as the Great Salt Lake shrinks
04-27-2022 by Pamela McCall
Why it matters that the Great Salt Lake will likely drop to a new historic low this year
04-26-2022 by Carter Williams
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