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Utah’s big cities got their Colorado River water. Eastern Utah communities were left with unfulfilled promises.

By Salt Lake Tribune · October 22, 2026 · 1 min read
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A symbolic landscape split between a lush, green river valley and a dry, cracked desert canyon floor in Eastern Utah, representing the disparity in water distribution.
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The Central Utah Project and other transbasin diversions have helped the Wasatch Front boom. But communities and the environment in eastern Utah have experienced negative consequences from the projects.

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