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Re:Utah officials sued over failure to save Great Salt Lake by dahart on Thursday September 14, 2023 @01:52PM (#37512368)
> People are all stressed out about not watering their lawns

Salt Lake City requested that residents reduce usage to keep enough drinking water in the reservoirs. This is pretty separate from the lake and upstream farming issues, no? I think the canyon runoff goes to Utah lake and not GSL? Some places legitimately went very very low on drinking water last year due to low runoff and high usage. I think it’s important to care about both watering lawns and the salt lake.

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Re:Utah officials sued over failure to save Great Salt Lake by AnimalMuppet on Thursday September 14, 2023 @03:20PM (#37513532)
> I think the canyon runoff goes to Utah lake and not GSL?

Depends on the canyon. The canyons in Salt Lake County go to the GSL; the canyons on the Wasatch Back go to either the Provo River (and then Utah Lake) or the Weber River (and then the GSL).

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Re:Utah officials sued over failure to save Great Salt Lake by dahart on Thursday September 14, 2023 @03:50PM (#37513939)
Okay interesting, I was thinking they drained into the Jordan River and went south. Is the drainage underground?
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Re:Utah officials sued over failure to save Great Salt Lake by eppsilon on Thursday September 14, 2023 @05:18PM (#37514991)
The Jordan River flows northward into the GSL.
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