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State rolls out Great Salt Lake Distribution Management Plan and public accounting tool
Summary
The Division of Water Rights presented the newly adopted Great Salt Lake Distribution Management Plan and a public accounting tool that tracks dedicated water, lake volume and priority‑based diversion availability; the plan ties diversion availability to a June 15 south‑arm gauge reading and is in a 60‑day complaint period.
The Division of Water Rights detailed the Great Salt Lake Distribution Management Plan to the advisory council, explaining how the plan defines Great Salt Lake water rights, accounts for dedicated water, and establishes a priority schedule that links allowable diversions to a measured lake elevation on June 15.
"When the lake is below 41 93, there's no diversions allowed from mineral extraction rights," deputy state engineer Blake Bingham said while walking the council through tranche thresholds and how priority dates determine which rights are available to divert water in a given calendar year. The plan uses the south‑arm (Saltair Boat Harbor) gauge reading on June 15 to set the priority schedule…
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