Desert News reported over the weekend that advocates in Utah are urging the reduction of water usage in order to protect the Great Salt Lake. A recent study from the Utah Department of Environmental Quality suggests that if water users drop consumption by 50 gallons per day, they could delay a planned project to siphon more water, a practice that damages the lake, by as much as 45 years or longer.
The Great Salt Lake Advisory Council has estimated that a greatly diminished Great Salt Lake could result in economic losses in Utah that total $1.69 billion to $2.17 billion per year. The council is calling for water conservation practices that include the use of efficient toilets, fewer days of lawn watering, high efficiency washing machines, and replacing turf.
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