A new judicial rule creates the appointment of at least three water judges in Utah, who will be versed in the complexities of water law.
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Conservation groups funded to help diffuse Utah’s environmental bomb
The Great Salt Lake is shrinking, with about two-thirds of it gone. The loss of water and dry lake bed, which is a source of toxic dust, and has been characterized as "an environmental nuclear bomb"...
Water levels at the Great Salt Lake continue to drop, and some Utah lawmakers are considering desperate measures such as piping salt water from the Pacific Ocean into the lake.
Communities across Utah are participating in the 'Flip Blitz' program, which converts grassy lawns and strips with waterwise landscapes. The effort is part of the state's efforts to deal with its...
Several cities have teamed up with the Utah Rivers Council to subsidize rain barrels for this year's rainwater harvesting program. With the state facing another year of drought, efforts by residents...
As the drought rages on, some Western states such as California and Utah are already enacting water restrictions. Restrictions include lawn watering to one day a week and cuts to indoor water use....