Spencer Cox: “We would love to build that pipeline, but we're also very…”

“Thing next year with everyone cutting back. Does Utah still want to build a pipeline from Lake Powell when it's clear that the reservoir is drying up? Yeah, sure. So of course We would love to build that pipeline, but we're also very practical and recognize that that's not going to do us much good with Lake Powell and Lake Mead at record low levels. So even though we are under utilizing our portion that belongs to Utah, has been assigned to Utah as part of that Colorado River Compact, we recognize that if there's no water there, then that's not gonna matter, that's not gonna help.” (06:23–06:36)

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