Pointing to concerns regarding air quality and Utah’s ongoing drought, the Salt Lake City Council in March narrowly voted to suspend its usual fireworks shows on the Fourth of July and Pioneer Day this summer.
Laura Briefer, Salt Lake City’s director of public utilities, said wildfires can further stress the city’s water supplies. Salt Lake City relies on mostly surface water sources, with 50 to 60% of those sources being free-flowing streams along the Wasatch Front, all of which are well below their average levels.
The viability of Salt Lake City’s water sources can even be connected to the health of the Great Salt Lake, Briefer said. There is usually a spike in particulate air pollution in the days preceding and following the Fourth of July and Pioneer Day, Bird said.
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