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Would dredging Utah Lake upset a century of peace over water rights?

Water managers are worried that a plan to dredge Utah Lake could compromise Wasatch Front water-users’ access to drinking water.

(Francisco Kjolseth | The Salt Lake Tribune) The historic Utah Lake Pump Station, at right, replaced in 2013 after over 100 years of service, is kept for historical preservation alongside the new pump station designed to transfer water to the Jordan River using four 200 cubic feet per second vertical propeller pumps. The unique siphon discharge technology from the original design, was preserved, pictured on Friday, March 18, 2022.