Document Type

Report

Publisher

Utah State University

Publication Date

2023

First Page

1

Last Page

80

Abstract

The Future of Great Salt Lake Survey was conducted in fall 2022 when state and global attention on Great Salt Lake was ramping up, following record lows of the elevation of lake water levels. In the survey, we asked Utahns their opinions on securing water for Great Salt Lake and focused on strategies that individuals, local communities, and the state of Utah could pursue. When it comes to how water is used and managed in Utah, there are multiple actors and institutions who all make decisions and have authority or ability to take different actions. While the state of Utah can guide growth and development and manages the state’s water resources, local county, city and town governments are primarily responsible for land use planning and delivering water to their residents. We also sought to understand what individuals would commit to do for Great Salt Lake and under what conditions. Understanding Utahns’ support for strategies across the three scales of the state, local communities, and individual is helpful, because actions across all three scales are not always coordinated. With greater emphasis on coordination and cooperation to solve the problem of a drying Great Salt Lake, the results of our survey are intended to help policymakers better implement strategies across the three scales.

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