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Spencer Cox: “Changing over 160 years of water law in this state.”

Featuring: Spencer Cox, Republican | Governor of Utah

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Governor's Monthly News Conference [August 21, 2025]

Published | Video Starts at 20:22

And so we've seen a huge change in behavior that is going to help the lake over the next several years. And again, some of that is voluntary behavior, but a lot of that is legislation that we pass, Changing over 160 years of water law in this state. But we're not done. And so we'll keep working through that. But there are some temporary engineering measures that we can do to preserve life around the Great Salt Lake, and the salinity of the lake is part of that. (20:22–20:27)

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Asserts that recent legislation has altered longstanding water laws.

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