Is Utah falling short of its water policy potential?

Is Utah falling short of its water policy potential?

The shores of the Great Salt Lake are pictured at Great Salt Lake State Park near Magna on Tuesday, Aug. 5, 2025. (Photo by Spenser Heaps for Utah News Dispatch)Early migrants to the territory that is now Utah were harried out of every state they settled in during the first half of the 19th century, including New York, Ohio, Illinois, and Missouri. The long-running narrative has always been that these places denied folks religious freedom, but t…