Great Salt Lake

Learn more about the crisis the Great Salt Lake faces and what can be done to keep it healthy.

In 2022, water levels at the lake reached an all-time low. Across the state of Utah, various stakeholders are determined to find solutions to keep the lake levels healthy.

Together with the Great Salt Lake collaborative, the KSL NewsRadio team brings you the latest on issues concerning the lake.
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New research out of the University of Utah finds sediments in exposed playa of the Great Salt LAke ...

Logan Stefanich, KSL.com

Here’s what U. researchers are learning about dangers associated with Great Salt Lake dust

As more of the beach of the Great Salt Lake becomes exposed, concerns ramp up around the dust emitted by the dry lakebed.

18 hours ago

Motorists make their way on highway 50 near Scipio after a heavy rain and hail storm on Tuesday, Au...

Allessandra Harris Gurr

Utah’s rainfall in August was above normal

The state's rainfall levels in August were much higher than average this year.

7 days ago

The waters of the Great Salt Lake on an overcast...

Josuee Sanchez

Research explores dangers of inhaling dust from the Great Salt Lake

Research from the University of Utah is telling a story of how inhaling dust from the Great Salt Lake can be dangerous.

11 days ago

FILE: Great Salt Lake as seen from the marina in August 2023. (Adam Small, KSL NewsRadio)...

Emma Keddington

LISTEN: Historic water agreement for the Great Salt Lake reached

Both the CEO of Compass Minerals and the DNC Executive Director told KSL at Night that this deal is a huge win for the Great Salt Lake.

14 days ago

Shrinking Great Salt Lake...

Mariah Maynes

Compass Minerals, State of Utah reach deal that will send water to Great Salt Lake

Compass Minerals and Utah land managers announced a deal that will send over 200,000 acre feet of water to Great Salt Lake.

14 days ago

great salt lake, which is facing water level issues after a very hot summer...

Adam Small

The summer heat could cost the Great Salt Lake more water than normal, lose much of its year-long progress, officials say

The Deputy Great Salt Lake Commissioner said the lake normally loses 2 to 2.5 feet every summer from evaporation and upstream diversions.

25 days ago

FILE - A flock of American Avocets rests at the Great Salt Lake on August 31, 2007. (Laura Seitz/De...

Heather Peterson

Organizations work to count shorebirds that stop by Great Salt Lake

Several organizations teamed up to count how many migratory birds stop by the Great Salt Lake.

1 month ago

Great Salt Lake...

Emma Keddington

Year long analysis studies movement of Great Salt Lake Basin

A year-long analysis on the Great Salt Lake Basin has just wrapped up. One of the project's researchers shared details.

1 month ago

Dust obscures Antelope Island and the exposed bed of the Great Salt Lake...

Anastasia Hufham, Salt Lake Tribune via Great Salt Lake Collab

Utah received money to study the harmful effects of Great Salt Lake dust. It just hasn’t spent it.

While funding for monitoring the health effects of dust from the exposed bed of the Great Salt Lake exists, it hasn't yet been put to use.

2 months ago