Utah is on the hunt for new water supplies. Here’s what else lawmakers did to address our water challenges.
Another flood of bills addresses the state’s insatiable thirst, from surface water flowing to the Great Salt Lake to groundwater beneath the Colorado River Basin.
(Trent Nelson | The Salt Lake Tribune) Wetlands at Goshen Bay, on the south end of Utah Lake, on Monday, Feb. 19, 2024.
Leia Larsen is a sixth generation Utahn and a water and land use reporter reporter for The Salt Lake Tribune. She has covered environment, energy and political issues throughout the West. When she’s not chasing the news, Leia can be found exploring the Wasatch Mountains, sleeping in the desert or rooting around her garden.