LDS church donates thousands of water shares to Great Salt Lake

Posted on AllSides March 15th, 2023

The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, a major property owner in the state of Utah, has donated a massive amount of water shares to the Great Salt Lake. Utah's Department of Natural Resources confirmed the faith group donated 5,700 water shares, or about 20,000 acre-feet, in permanent water rights to the lake. It's the equivalent size of Little Dell Reservoir, and it will be solely for the lake, and in perpetuity, the agency said. The water was previously used for agriculture by the church. "The Great Salt Lake...

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