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Durant criticizes Great Salt Lake spending and urges water-efficient rules for data centers
Summary
Matt Durant told the Utah County GOP podcast he is skeptical of some Great Salt Lake spending, opposes dumping acquired water rights into the lake, and favors water- and energy-efficiency requirements for data centers, plus diversified power sources including nuclear.
Matt Durant said water is a finite, nonrenewable resource in Utah and urged lawmakers to prioritize efficient reuse over what he called financially wasteful interventions. He criticized recent state purchases of water rights intended for the Great Salt Lake and questioned whether the expenditures would produce practical benefits for farmers and residents: "They're taking real water and just dumping it into the Salt…
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