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Does Utah have a legal obligation to save the Great Salt Lake?

The state contends that protecting water as an environmental coalition demands would violate water rights enshrined in the state constitution.

(Rick Egan | The Salt Lake Tribune) Dibora Sahile wades in the Great Salt Lake on Aug. 8, 2024. A lawsuit filed by a coalition of environmental groups raises the question of the state's obligation to protect the Great Salt Lake and its potentially conflicting responsibility to respect water rights.