Water Levels

Our hosts celebrate Pioneer Day with a discussion of Utah facts, novel achievements, and its biggest struggles as a state.

Water at Willard Bay is being drained down to 50% of capacity so workers can access and repair some pipes that are more than 50 years old.

The only thing that could tamp down the dust without human intervention is rain and getting more water into the Great Salt Lake.

The lake currently is only 1.5 feet away from reaching healthy levels for the first time since 2013, but organizations working on the lake say that the lake still needs a lot of help.

All of last year, the news about the Great Salt Lake was going from bad to worse. We began to hear dire predictions that the shrinking lake might disappear altogether. Then, finally, with some legislative action and a big boost from record snow and rain, the water level began to rise. The Great Salt Lake is our unique treasure. But it’s future is still at risk. Will we keep it or lose it?

Although Utah’s drought makes water a precious resource across the state, water availability varies from city to city, even within the same county. In…