Why did Utah oil shale developers give away priceless water rights?
Environmental group alleges secret deal with Deseret Power to preserve the 11,000-acre right that should have expired.
(The Salt Lake Tribune) Utah's Bonanza Power Plant. The plant's operator Deseret Power acquired an 11,000-acre-foot water right from oil shale developers in a deal that environmentalists say is a shady scheme to keep the right from expiring.