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Commissioner’s office reports $1 million for water leasing, administrative move into DNR and a 10% basin conservation target
Summary
Aspen Johnston, Great Salt Lake water coordinator in the commissioner’s office, told the advisory council that the office received $1,000,000 in one‑time legislative funding for water leasing, will administratively transition into the Utah Department of Natural Resources, and is pursuing a basinwide 10% water‑use reduction target as it prepares to use a possible $50 million Bureau of Reclamation award.
Aspen Johnston, Great Salt Lake water coordinator in the commissioner’s office, told the Great Salt Lake Advisory Council that the office received $1,000,000 in one‑time legislative funding earmarked for water leasing and that it will continue preparing to use a potential $50,000,000 U.S. Bureau of Reclamation award.
The office will also transition administratively into the Utah Department of Natural Resources at the start of fiscal year 2026 and is “still targeting, a 10% reduction in consumption of water from the basin,” Johnston said, adding the 10% target is tied to the strike‑team scenario that models an…
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