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Spencer Cox: “We've seen a huge change in behavior that is going to help…”

Featuring: Spencer Cox, Republican | Governor of Utah

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

Published | Video Starts at 20:08

For example, mineral companies haven't been able to take as much water as they normally have because of a bill that we signed last year that prohibited that from happening, happening. 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. (20:08–20:19)

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Asserts that behavioral changes will benefit the Great Salt Lake.

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