Will Utah's Great Salt Lake disappear?

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Utah's Great Salt Lake has been in decline, owing to climate change, drought, and over-use of water resources, and is now one-third the size it was in the 1980s. A new scientific report warns that, without dramatic and immediate cuts in water consumption, the lake could vanish in just five years. Correspondent Lee Cowan talks with Sen. Mitt Romney, who co-sponsored a bill studying the lake's problems, and with experts who say aggressive action is needed.
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25 фев 2023

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@RHTeebs Год назад

It's heartbreaking to see a lake you know so well, die. I'm from Buffalo. When Lake Erie was classified as a dead lake, I was devastated. I know it's not quite the same, but, seeing a lake you love, filled with memories, being classified as dead. Unsafe to swim in. It would be awful.

@obstinatehammer7113 Год назад

"Alfalfa farming represents 0.2% of the Utah economy but uses 68% of available water." The Salt Lake Tribune

@mrscottygreenwood Год назад

The state knew this was coming and just kept ignoring the problem

@iansmith2094 Год назад

Utah appears to be ignoring the obvious correction. STOP diverting water away from the lake. No company, individual, nor organization has a right to any of the water that then generates a problem for someone else. Period. End stop. Cut off all diversions by all force necessary, NOW. What part of that does Utah not understand.?

@xstraightedgefishingx Год назад

I never thought I would ever say I could respect Mitt Romney, but I have to give him due credit for this.

@romstar Год назад

For the lake to recede that dramatically over the course of at least 40 years is tragic 😭🥺

@loriblessner9663 Год назад

My first visit in the late 80’s, the lake was lapping at I-80 as we drove by, creepy. Last visit in 2019, water nowhere to be seen. I thought I had taken a wrong turn, such a difference 😢

@anthonys.8569 Год назад

As a Salt Lake resident- this is one of many reasons I plan to move out of the valley. Not taking the risk of this with my family.

@kitlc1 Год назад

As a former Utahn, this is so sad. It’s such a naturally beautiful place that deserves to be environmentally protected.

@annapri1526 Год назад

These kind of stories always make me cry. I'm about to finish my Bachelors of Science in Energy and Sustainability Policy at Penn State and learning about all the damage to our planet over the last 150 years makes me extremely sad and worried everyday.

@crookedbird6589 Год назад

If you live in a dry country you shouldn't have green lawns.

@oquirrhlight Год назад

The disconnect between neighborhood development/home building and water use is nothing short of blindness. They are building homes and apartment complexes like never before. Lawns and trees and golf courses and sanitary needs come with each of these homes. It amazes me how they continue to develop unchecked, like water is infinitely available. We can’t live without agriculture, that’s a waste of time to discuss. However, something needs to be done about the unprecedented development and housing growth in the second driest state in the Union. Politicizing this issue is a waste of energy. Whether you believe in global warming or not is a waste of energy. The fact is, our growth exceeded our resources many decades ago and yet we march on as if everything will always be ok.

@pottergirl287 Год назад

The effects of Owens Lake drying up are incredible for that area of California. For SLC, that's going to be increased a hundred fold.

@guyserious2468 Год назад

Every "fix" to the help our environment is going to cost someone somewhere a profit. It will be said that "jobs are going to be lost." But a job is temporary, and a profit is private. We're talking about our obligation to our descendants.