Utah water regulators will reconsider their approval of a permit for a Texas-based company vowing to tap deep brines in highly connected aquifers in the Great Salt Lake Desert. In late April, the Utah State Engineer approved a water rights…
Utah regulators recently approved a lithium mining project dependent upon groundwater systems that serve sensitive wildlife habitat, recreation, and agricultural operations in Snake Valley. GBWN partnered with local agricultural producers, Living Rivers, and the Center for Biological Diversity to request…
A new proposal for deep aquifer drilling in Snake Valley raises questions about potential impacts on wildlife, springs, farmers, and the regulatory arena in Utah’s West Desert.
GBWN and NGO partners took regulatory action against requests for water permits from a…