73-23-4 - Legislative findings.
73-23-4. Legislative findings.
(1) The Legislature finds that the West Desert Pumping Project was implemented as anemergency flood control project. The project was undertaken, specifically, to protect criticalpublic facilities and, more generally, to abate an imminent threat to life, health, and property.
(2) The Legislature finds that the level of the Great Salt Lake can be lowered byimplementing a long-term program to develop waters upstream of the lake. A water developmentprogram will have other beneficial uses, including the provision of municipal and industrial waterto meet the needs of the state's growing population.
Enacted by Chapter 232, 1988 General Session