Cities and public utilities have filed a deluge of water reuse applications to get ahead of a bill meant to keep their treated wastewater flowing to the Great Salt Lake. Here’s why cities say ...

“We’ve got to do water-wise landscaping. We’re not going to have nonfunctional turf like medians in highways and stuff,” Rep. Owens said at the second Great Salt Lake Summit.

As the Great Salt Lake shrinks and scientists fret about storms of toxic dust and its potential ecological collapse, Utah state leaders say all options are on the table for a rescue. Rob Sowby, an ...

Visitors Donell Sutton, left, and Kelvin Oliver, both from Virginia, admire the Great Salt Lake during a stop at the Great Salt Lake State Park and Marina in Magna on Tuesday, March 25, 2025.

Salt Lake City residents have decreased their use of water by 20 percent since 2000, she said, but if they don’t uphold that habit, the city’s water concerns could worsen.

"Mayor Becker and Salt Lake City is limiting us from transferring this water to good use." He also says the water being wasted could bring 22,000 homes to Utah. On the free market, the water would ...