Extending canals so industries can potentially siphon away more water in the lake, she warned, runs counter to those goals. Lynn de Freitas, executive director of FRIENDS of Great Salt Lake, pointed to the Utah Legislature’s recent adjustments to state water law that provide more tools to get water to the struggling lake, like water banking and water right leasing. Balancing the lake’s industry with its environmental needs The proposal worries some environmental groups.
The project would dredge about 127 acres of lakebed. US Magnesium’s application calls for lengthening a 1.1-mile canal, called P-N, another 0.7 miles and a second 2.6-mile canal, called P-0, another 3 miles. “There are no brine shrimp up there,” Tripp said, “no brine flies.” That section of the lake has been at saturation for years.
One need only look to the Great Salt Lake’s north arm, which is cut off from freshwater sources due to a railroad causeway, to see the impacts of spiked salinity. The company wants to extend its intake canals. (Trent Nelson | The Salt Lake Tribune) The US Magnesium dike north of Stansbury Island on Saturday, March 26, 2022.
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