“It’s up to us whether the lake remains great or whether it becomes a dust bowl,” said Rep. Timothy Hawkes, R-Bountiful.
Citing evidence from other lakes across the world, experts say the impacts to Utahns health and the economy would be devastating if the Great Salt Lake were to dry out.
Rick Egan | The Salt Lake Tribune) Nathan Bracken chats with Brad Wilson, during a fireside chat on water policies and strategies, during the Great Salt Lake Summit at the Davis Conference Center in Layton, Wednesday, January 5, 2022. “The good news is the lake is healthy and it’s functioning. There’s duck hunting, there’s migratory birds. There’s still industry out there. The lake is still doing what we need it to do, but the reason that we’re worried is because we are testing thresholds that we haven’t seen before.”
Her research has shown dust coming from Utah’s dry lakebeds is darkening the snow, causing it to melt sooner. “Water conservation in and of itself has to be done responsibly and particularly when we’re talking about the Great Salt Lake,” he said. “If we conserve too much to the point where we’re consuming all water without any return flow or much to the Great Salt Lake, we are going to impact the lake.”
Flint contends metering secondary water, the untreated water many Davis and Weber county residents use on their landscaping, would be the single most-important step the state could take.
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