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Section 103 - Legislative findings.

UT Code § 65A-15-103 (2019) (N/A)
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(1) Utah Lake currently faces serious challenges, including: (a) fluctuating lake levels; (b) uncontrolled, toxic algal blooms; (c) loss of native vegetation; (d) invasive fish and plant species; (e) loss of littoral zone plants; (f) suspended silt on the lake bottom; (g) poor water clarity; (h) heavy nutrient loading of lake sediments and within the water column; and (i) high wind and wave action;

(a) fluctuating lake levels;

(b) uncontrolled, toxic algal blooms;

(c) loss of native vegetation;

(d) invasive fish and plant species;

(e) loss of littoral zone plants;

(f) suspended silt on the lake bottom;

(g) poor water clarity;

(h) heavy nutrient loading of lake sediments and within the water column; and

(i) high wind and wave action;

(2) initial conservation efforts are producing measurable results and demonstrate that conservation solutions can produce restoration objective on Utah Lake;

(3) additional and significant conservation investments are needed to implement the comprehensive solutions needed to fully restore Utah Lake and its water quality;

(4) there is not a reasonable public funding source to undertake the comprehensive solutions needed to restore Utah Lake; and

(5) it is in the interest of the state to undertake a comprehensive restoration of Utah Lake for the benefit of public trust uses on the lake.

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