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Utah

With Great Salt Lake at rock bottom, lawmakers aim for rescue

The shrinking Great Salt Lake is facing ecological collapse as salinity levels rise. State leaders hope a hearty snowpack and a surplus in the state budget can save the lake — or at least buy them time.

Utah’s Great Salt Lake is on the verge of collapse, and could expose millions to arsenic laced dust

Scientists say excessive water use is to blame, with 74% of diverted lakewater being used for unsustainable agricultural practices