Can the Lake Powell pipeline still happen?

Utah wants to take more water out of the Colorado at the same time that river is running dry.

(Rick Egan | The Salt Lake Tribune) Houseboats moored at Bullfrog Marina on Lake Powell, on Wednesday, July 13, 2022. There has been almost no movement on a proposed pipeline that would divert 86,000 acre-feet of the Colorado River's flow to St. George.

Can the Lake Powell pipeline still happen?

Utah wants to take more water out of the Colorado at the same time that river is running dry.

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