Toxic Dust, Empty Reservoirs, and Utah’s Water Reckoning

On today’s KSL News Daily, Maria Shilaos follows Utah’s water crisis from the Great Salt Lake to the Colorado River reservoirs that help power and supply the West. Ben Hart of the Utah Inland Port Authority explains how property tax dollars from west-side development are being directed toward shoreline preservation and wetland conservation, and why the lake’s health is now an economic issue as well as an environmental one. Then the show turns to Lake Powell and Lake Mead, where combined water storage is hitting historic lows and experts warn the region is running out of time to solve a crisis built around drought, power generation, water rights, tourism, and the future of fast-growing communities in southern Utah and across the West. Plus, Kevin O’Leary and Fox News Media respond to a defamation lawsuit tied to claims about Utah data center critics, the state joins a multi-state push against robocalls, agritourism becomes a bigger lifeline for Utah farmers, and Before You Go heads to Iron County, where one missing zero briefly sent a public meeting back to the year 226.