The largest preservation project in Utah history reached a milestone as the full weight of the Salt Lake Temple was placed on new, seismically enhanced footings.

A polluted tailings pond at the Kennecott Utah mine has sunk 20 feet or more, raising concerns that it has seeped contamination into the neighboring Great Salt Lake.But the state regulator charged ...

Water levels are pictured in the Great Salt Lake on July 20. A group's new initiative seeks to build up a "public action network" of 100,000 people to get more water to the lake with the goal of ...

Utah's Great Salt Lake is in imminent danger of drying up to the point of ecological collapse, putting Salt Lake City and the majority of Utah's population in serious danger of being plagued by a ...

The Great Salt Lake, already vulnerable to climate fluctuations over the ages, has been “set up to fail” by human impacts, but some of those who are making such assessments nevertheless see ...

Experts say the Great Salt Lake isn't the leading cause of dust in Utah. ... known as PM2.5, that build up during inversions and are a bigger concern for public health.

Spiraling dangers from a dried-up Great Salt Lake would gradually spread well beyond its shores, a study warns, eventually threatening Utahns’ health and economic well-being.. Not only does the ...

Last year, Lake County partnered with the Salt Smart Collaborative, a group dedicated to addressing the “growing impacts of chlorides” on surface and groundwater resources, to host multiple in ...

Utah leaders are under pressure to end water diversions and enforce tougher restrictions in order save the drying Great Salt Lake. A recent report predicted it will completely dry in five years.

Briefer said one reason it's even possible is because Salt Lake City residents have been stepping up and conserving water in big numbers. "Water customers have done a really great job on water ...