A series of bills are being introduced designed to save the Great Salt Lake, one of which includes raising the water level goals for the lake by nearly 10 entire feet of water across the lake.
At a news conference, the environmental group Utah Rivers Council announced its support for a pending resolution from Sen. Nate Blouin, D-Salt Lake City, setting a goal level for the Great Salt Lake. Right now, the Great Salt Lake is at 4,190 feet. His resolution would set a goal of 4,198 feet.
The Utah Rivers Council is also supporting Rep. Joel Briscoe's House Bill 286, which dips into water infrastructure funding to help the Great Salt Lake. The bill diverts money from the Lake Powell Pipeline and Bear River Project toward the Great Salt Lake over the next five years. It is unclear if the Democrats' bills will have support in the Republican supermajority Utah State Legislature. Reversing the Great Salt Lake's declines has been a priority of the legislature and Governor Spencer Cox. The lake, which is at its lowest levels in recorded history, presents a public health and environmental crisis for the state as a result of water diversion, climate change and drought.
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