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Re:Utah officials sued over failure to save Great Salt Lake by irrational on Thursday September 14, 2023 @12:56PM (#37511506)
How would they get the water over the Rocky Mountains to the Salt Lake Valley? I thought the pipeline from the Pacific Ocean was a crazy idea, but you have that one beat.
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Re:Utah officials sued over failure to save Great Salt Lake by Dig1t on Thursday September 14, 2023 @06:02PM (#37515424)
Utah already gets 27% of its water from the Colorado river.

I am not suggesting that Utah desalinate the Pacific Ocean or that Utah desalinate the great salt lake. I am saying they should increase their usage of water from the Colorado River.

If California stopped using the Colorado river for water, then Utah could pull more water from the Colorado.

Water can be moved in pipelines or controlled via a manmade river/channel.

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