On the Edge: Sundance Doc Details the Great Salt Lake Crisis
A Sundance documentary, The Lake, argues the Great Salt Lake could vanish within years due to heavy water diversions for agriculture, risking toxic dust, health impacts, and economic damage; it follows scientists and Utah officials debating how to rescue the lake, highlighting a push for a drastic overhaul of water use, a state-led rescue effort with a $200 million philanthropic drive, and a 2034 target tied to Salt Lake City’s Olympics, with Leonardo DiCaprio as an executive producer as Sundance departs Utah for Boulder in 2027.
