The new measures will help the Great Salt Lake, calculate how much water Utahns use, and educate residents about conservation.
, the Division of Water Resources will receive an initial $2 million and an ongoing $1 million per year to create and manage Utah Water Ways.Utah’s largest and most imperiled waterbody received most of the attention this session, which may come as no surprise. Signs of its
, and even with all this winter’s storms, it still sits about a foot lower than it did at this time last year.sets an emergency trigger that halts mineral extractors from siphoning the lake’s brine. State regulators will also use the railroad causeway berm bisecting the lake to cut off the lake’s south arm from the north and keep salinity concentrations from getting worse. The idea is to preserve the lake’s brine flies and brine shrimp so millions of migrating birds don’t starve.
More than half a dozen divisions across two state departments manage various aspects of the lake, from its lakebed to its water quality to its wildlife. With, a Great Salt Lake commissioner will unify the response to the lake’s many interests and dilemmas. The commissioner will also develop a strategic plan for the lake and have some authority to take action, instead of only serving an advisory role to other policymakers.
The bill also appropriates $50 million each year for projects in the Colorado River Basin to encourage water reuse and conservation.
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