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

Managing water in Utah, one of the driest states, is costly and complex. Major issues to consider this year include the fate of the Great Salt Lake, water development, growth and how to maintain aging water infrastructure.

Gov. Spencer Cox and lawmakers are grappling with the challenges brought on the historic drought that saw severe cutbacks over the summer.

The 2022 Utah Legislative Session begins Jan. 18. For 45 days, lawmakers will debate issues that matter and, inevitably, a few issues that do not.

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.

Record-breaking drought along the Wasatch Front forces tough decisions about water supply.

Outside the northern Utah town of Tremonton, undeveloped lands sit against the West Hills, rolling out toward Idaho. In the coming decades, these hills may also harbor one of Utah’s

A Utah economist says the state has enough water to deal with a growing population, if it just makes some difficult changes that probably wont be popular with farmers.