After a Slow Start, Utah Is Upgrading Its System to Track Great Salt Lake Dust

Utah is killing the Great Salt Lake

Profligate waste and perverse tax incentives are drying up the West’s largest natural body of water. Utah’s beloved Great Salt Lake is a hotspot of biodiversity and supports a $1.9 billion diversified local economy. But perverse policies and profligate waste have not only endangered the lake’s future but are pushing it toward collapse.

After a slow start, Utah is upgrading its system to track Great Salt Lake dust

Pierce Wratten, an environmental scientist with the Utah Department of Air Quality, swaps out the filters on an air quality monitoring station at Great Salt Lake State Park in Magna on Tuesday, April 14, 2026. Although not a part of the Utah Dust Observation and Research Network, the station is similar to those that are. (Photo by Spenser Heaps for Utah News Dispatch)When the Great Salt Lake dropped to a historic low in 2022, Utahns wanted answ…

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Utah is killing the Great Salt Lake Profligate waste and perverse tax incentives are drying up the West’s largest natural body of water. Wade Graham August 11, 2026 Low water levels are visible at the Great Salt Lake on April 08, 2026 near Syracuse, Utah. Justin Sullivan/Getty Images When tired Mormon settlers crested the Wasatch Mountains in July 1847 and first beheld the Great Salt Lake, they almost didn’t believe their eyes. But this was no…

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Utah upgrading its system to track Great Salt Lake dust

The Division of Air Quality has picked up speed, outfitting eight locations with new equipment as part of the Utah Dust Observation and Research Network. Continue reading…