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Church Steps Up to Save Great Salt Lake | Salt Lake City News
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints is sounding the alarm on the Great Salt Lake’s dangerously low water levels, urging members to embrace personal water conservation while supporting broader public efforts. Since 2015, the church has donated and leased nearly 30,000 acre-feet of water to the lake—making it one of its largest single contributors—and installed over 3,000 smart irrigation controllers, projected to save half a billion gallons annually. They’re also updating landscaping with drought-tolerant plants. The message echoes their June call for stewardship, now reinforced…
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