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Great Salt Lake's dust could cost $1.5 billion to fix with costs 'skyrocketing' as more lakebed is exposed

Mitigating dust from a shrinking Great Salt Lake could cost more than a billion dollars to fix, a new report from the Utah State Legislature's Auditor General found.
ST. GEORGE, Utah — Mitigating dust from a shrinking Great Salt Lake could cost more than a billion dollars to fix, a new report from the Utah State Legislature's Auditor General found. Tucked in an audit on critical state needs, FOX 13 News found a...
September 20, 2023

New lithium company wants billions of gallons from Great Salt Lake, but says it will put it all back

drawn intense scrutiny from Utah lawmakers and resource managers as the Great Salt Lake continues to shrivel, with its toxic dust blowing into the lungs of millions living on the Wasatch Front and its ecosystem on the brink of collapse. Last year, the...
September 7, 2023

Lawsuit filed against Utah demanding action to save the Great Salt Lake

but has begun shrinking again. A dried up lake bed presents an ecological and economic catastrophe for the state with toxic dust storms from an exposed lake bed (arsenic is a naturally occurring mineral in the lake) blowing into populated areas; reduced...
September 7, 2023

Groups sue Utah, trying to save Great Salt Lake with the public trust doctrine

the public trust doctrine.” DNR’s Division of Forestry, Fire and State Lands manages the lake bed that’s desiccating into toxic dust. And DNR’s Division of Water Rights manages the state’s water that’s getting siphoned away. “Great Salt Lake is facing...
September 7, 2023

Yes, it's safe to swim in the Great Salt Lake

to water overuse and drought, contaminated soil is exposed in the lakebed. When wind erodes the salt crust, it could blow toxic dust clouds into Salt Lake City. Yes, but: Those toxins are far less concentrated in the lake water than the soil or food...
September 1, 2023

Some Utahns at higher risk of exposure to toxic dust from Great Salt Lake, study finds

As the Great Salt Lake declines and toxic dust events increase with intensity, they will disproportionately affect residents of Tooele County and the west side of Salt Lake City, according to a recent NASA study.
have to put more water on it and make some microclimates to kind of help with that.” As the Great Salt Lake declines and toxic dust events increase with intensity, they will disproportionately affect residents of Tooele County and the west side of Salt...
August 24, 2023

Utah legislature to re-examine mineral extraction on Great Salt Lake

water diversion, drought and a changing climate. It has alarmed state leaders and the public. A drying lake can lead to toxic dust being blown into populated areas (arsenic is among the naturallyoccurring minerals in the lake bed); reduced snowpack and...
August 23, 2023

Environmentalists say inland port site threatens Great Salt Lake

Photo by: Mike Rank, FOX 13 News
conservation bills and allocating roughly $1 billion to help. The shrinking lake presents an ecological catastrophe with toxic dust storms, reduced snowpack and impacts to public health, wildlife and the economy. At the same time, the inland port has...
August 17, 2023

New Great Salt Lake commissioner warns of 'tough choices' ahead to save the lake

in the rivers that feed into it. A shrinking Great Salt Lake presents an ecological catastrophe for northern Utah with toxic dust storms (arsenic is naturally occurring in the lake bed); reduced snowpack; and impacts to public health, wildlife and the...
August 17, 2023

Compass Minerals makes big claims about Great Salt Lake lithium but lacks state approvals

The already beleaguered lake likely can’t endure the amount of extraction the company wants, expert says, despite claims the process will be “sustainable.” Compass Minerals has made several splashy announcements in the last year about its lithium...
August 17, 2023

How can farmers help the Great Salt Lake? This one may have an answer

Brad Blanch looks over a dam on the Weber River in Weber County on Wednesday, July 26, 2023. Blanch is a West Weber resident who wants to lease several hundred acre-feet of water to benefit the Great Salt Lake. Jeffrey D. Allred, Deseret News
Great Salt Lake Watershed Enhancement Trust helps people like this Weber County farmer help the lake President Joe Biden made an historic announcement Tuesday designating a new national monument in Arizona that in part is promoted as a way to help save...
August 10, 2023

Environmentalists seek to elevate the Great Salt Lake in local policy decisions

between encroaching development and the Great Salt Lake. Alarmed by the harms of a shrinking Great Salt Lake (including toxic dust storms, reduced snowpack, environmental impacts to public health and wildlife) the Utah State Legislature has spent...
August 10, 2023

Great Salt Lake trust offers millions for wetland protection

increased water diversions. A shrinking lake has alarmed state leaders who worry about reduced snowpack and water supply, toxic dust storms, harms to wildlife and public health and billions in negative impact to Utah's economy. To help refill the lake,...
July 21, 2023

'People's Great Salt Lake Summit' seeks to push elected leaders to do more

as a result of years of drought, water diversion and a changing climate. The threats from a shrinking lake are real with toxic dust storms, disappearing and dying wildlife and impacts to Utah's economy. The situation surrounding the lake has alarmed the...
July 19, 2023

The new Great Salt Lake Commissioner is ready to help save the lake

Brian Steed, right, speaks with FOX 13 News reporter Ben Winslow in June 2023. Steed is the Great Salt Lake Commissioner, a powerful new position in Utah government. He will come up with plans to reverse the lake's historic declines and make it thrive. The position even gives him the ability to override other state agencies' decisions if it means protecting the lake.
alarming the public and political leaders. A shrinking lake impacts public health, the economy and Utah's ecology with toxic dust that blows into northern Utah communities, reduced snowpack in the mountains and reduced wetland habitat. Lawmakers reacted...
July 5, 2023

Does Utah need (or want) a sixth national park?

(Trent Nelson | The Salt Lake Tribune) Snow coats Stansbury Island on the Great Salt Lake in February. A survey found 67% of Utahns support creating a Great Salt Lake national park, though support from lawmakers is seen as a major hurdle.
row. Its ecosystem, which supports millions of migrating birds, was nearly wiped out. Its desiccated lakebed has dried to toxic dust which threatens the health of millions of Wasatch Front residents. Although a record-breaking snowpack has raised the...
June 15, 2023

Great Salt Lake boaters return as water rises more than five feet

(Rick Egan | The Salt Lake Tribune) Cranes lowering boats into the water at Great Salt Lake Marina State Park, on Tuesday, June 6, 2023.
the lake isn’t in the clear. It needs to rise another five feet or so to reach a sustainable elevation and stop blowing toxic dust. At least four of the boats stacked in the marina’s parking lot are too big to launch at the lake’s current elevation. And...
June 8, 2023

Boats put back in Great Salt Lake marina as water levels rise

A giant crane lifted larger boats back into their slips at the Great Salt Lake marina Tuesday, a fantastic sign that water levels continue to look promising. (Photo courtesy FOX 13 News).
of water diversion, drought and a changing climate. The harms are significant, with harms to wildlife, public health, toxic dust storms and impacts to Utah's economy. Saving the lake has become a top priority of the public and policy makers, who passed...
June 7, 2023

Utah Senate committee confirms Great Salt Lake commissioner

and water; harms to wildlife from reduced marshlands surrounding the lake; impacts to public health in the form of toxic dust storms from naturally-occurring arsenic in the now-exposed lake bed; and billions of dollars in lost economic impact generated...
June 6, 2023

Bills on landscaping, crops and dedicating water to Great Salt Lake to be resurrected

alike. With the lake's decline over the years (as a result of diversion, drought and changing climate), there have been toxic dust storms and harms to public health, wildlife and Utah's economy. The legislature has spent roughly $1 billion over the past...
June 1, 2023

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