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State releases Great Salt Lake distribution plan tool; priority schedule ties diversions to lake elevation
Summary
The Division of Water Rights presented the Great Salt Lake Distribution Management Plan and a public web tool that apportions Great Salt Lake water rights by priority and by lake-elevation tranches; final adoption is scheduled for Oct. 1, 2025.
Teresa Wilhelmsen, Utah state engineer and director of the Division of Water Rights, told the Natural Resources committee on Aug. 20 that House Bill 453 (2024) required the state to develop a Great Salt Lake distribution management plan, and the division will meet the statutory deadline for final adoption. Deputy director Blake Bingham summarized the plan and demonstrated a publicly available online tool that tabulates water dedicated to the lake, tracks authorized diversions and applies a priority schedule tied to measured lake elevation.
Under the plan, the state engineer apportions Great Salt Lake water rights (primarily mineral-extraction diversions within the lake meander) according to Utah—s prior-appropriation framework and a…
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