Salt Lake City Environmental Issues

Salt Lake City topped national charts this week under a blanket of the dirtiest air in the country, with more to come. Tuesday's air quality ranked worst in the U.S., according to the National Weather Service. The Utah Department of Environmental Quality's three-day forecast projects conditions will remain "unhealthy for sensitive groups" through Sunday.

The Salt Lake Valley's unique. As of the morning of July 31, Salt Lake City was among the top 15 cities with the worst air quality worldwide, per a recent air quality report. The findings showed the air pollution ranking in the 90s, putting the city on the edge of the orange zone, or "unhealthy for sensitive groups." Utah has been struggling to improve its air quality, as the Deseret News previously reported.

The. The loss of the Great Salt Lake would be an environmental disaster with health and economic effects far beyond Utah's borders. The state is taking action, but critics say it's not doing enough.

The Utah Department of Air Quality regulates most of these sectors. But Salt Lake City is taking action in every way we can. A nasty inversion has settled over Salt Lake Valley.

Here's what's causing it, and when it could leave the area. The Biden administration is unveiling new, stricter pollution standards for American cities such as Salt Lake City, Utah, which have long struggled with chronically dirty air. SALT LAKE CITY - Agricultural use remains the biggest consumer in consumption of water that would otherwise make it into the Great Salt Lake, accounting for about 65% of its depletion since 2020.

How Utah's shrinking Great Salt Lake is harming human and environmental health Water levels recede around Antelope Island in the Great Salt Lake, in Salt Lake City, Utah, on July 13, 2022. Across the Salt Lake valley, people like Amanda Butler are also trying to navigate the afflictions caused by a shrinking Great Salt Lake. Butler, a licensed therapist who has lived in Salt Lake City for over two decades, described a slow but steady shift in her health.

"I started noticing changes about three years ago," she said. It's not just you-if the sky looks bad and the air smells off, it's because Salt Lake City is topping the charts for the worst air quality in the nation right now, for a second day in a row.