LDS church adds over 3 billion gallons to its water donations to Great Salt Lake

SALT LAKE CITY — The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints announced Wednesday that it is donating billions of gallons of water to the Great Salt Lake.

The church said the water is being released from Utah Lake into the GSL, and it will flow through the Jordan River into Farmington Bay and Gilbert Bay.

It will total 10,000 acre-feet, or 3.26 billion gallons of water. It’s being leased by the church, as well as the Jordan Valley Water Conservancy District…

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