Neel Patel: I can no longer defend my old home if the Legislature won’t protect the Great Salt Lake.
A couple on the shores of the Great Salt Lake, with Stansbury Island in the background, on Monday February 27, 2023.I have been living outside of my home town of Salt Lake City since 2017. I often consider moving back, but the uncertain future of the Great Salt Lake and the Utah Legislature’s recent failure to address the problem is actively keeping me away.
Returning to Salt Lake City for medical school at the University of Utah gave me the clarity to see my home for all it is: a growing and vibrant city, a world-class outdoor recreation destination with close proximity to many astonishing ecosystems, a vital health care resource for the Mountain West and my family’s home for the past 31 years.
The problem and many of the solutions are eloquently detailed in the now famous and nationally publicized report about the lake by Ben Abbot and co-authors. Generations of water overconsumption and diversion coupled with heat and drought accelerated by climate change has driven the lake level to a record low.
I want to see Salt Lake City thrive, but I am concerned that it will not be a healthy place to live within a decade. The recent legislative session did nothing to assuage my fears. If the concern is that conservation focused legislation will stifle economic growth, I hope my feelings argue the contrary. The current actions are keeping me away, and I have more reasons than most to move to Utah. This problem will only get worse without a reprioritization towards a future that includes the lake.
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