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A future pipeline for water deliveries to the growing Wasatch Front may be decades off, but the state of Utah is buying land now in Box Elder County to make sure it has a right of way for the infrastructure.

A future pipeline in Box Elder County is decades away, but the state of Utah is purchasing land now to make sure it has the right of way for future water deliveries for the state’s burgeoning population growth.

The Great Salt Lake is shrinking, but water diversion and weather, not climate change, are responsible.

An environmental group is pushing for the Great Salt Lake to be treated like a sovereign entity worthy of its own legal rights.

The Great Salt Lake in Utah has fallen to a new low. The lake’s average daily surface water elevation dropped to 4,190.1 feet at the Saltair station, U.S. Geological Survey officials said

The Great Salt Lake has fallen to a new low yet again. The lakes average daily surface water elevation dropped to 4,190.1 feet \u2014 0.1 feet below the record set in October of last year.

There's still time to save the Great Salt Lake—if the Legislature steps up.

A powerful group that steers Utah’s water policy keeps pushing for costly infrastructure over meaningful conservation efforts.

Utah has some of the highest per-capita water use and is the fastest-growing state. Yet a powerful group that steers Utah’s water policy keeps pushing for costly infrastructure over meaningful conservation efforts.