Letter: Conserving water is a high priority, but the Inland Port undermines it (Francisco Kjolseth | The Salt Lake Tribune) Deeda Seed, of Stop the Polluting Port Coalition, center, is joined by representatives from environmental, conservation, and community groups that are part of the coalition as they release a major report outlining the potential environmental harms from the proposed Utah Inland Port during a press conference at the Utah Capitol on Wednesday, Jan. 22, 2020. By James King | The Public Forum | April 18, 2021, 12:00 p.m. Gov. Cox and Mayor Mendenhall have declared a water emergency for Utah and Salt Lake City. At the same time, however, the Utah legislature has given the Inland Port Authority $75 million dollars of taxpayer money in a slush fund for infrastructure projects. It is impossible to reconcile the intent of these two sentences, because the Inland Port will require enormous quantities of water for its operations.