As building booms on the Wasatch Back, a groundwater disaster looms
Some communities in the Weber Basin have ongoing construction moratoriums due to a lack of water, but without better management, fears arise that aquifers could get sucked dry.
(Trent Nelson | The Salt Lake Tribune) Homes above Pineview Reservoir in Eden on Thursday, June 23, 2022.
Leia Larsen is a sixth generation Utahn and a water and land use reporter reporter for The Salt Lake Tribune. She has covered environment, energy and political issues throughout the West. When she’s not chasing the news, Leia can be found exploring the Wasatch Mountains, sleeping in the desert or rooting around her garden.
Jordan is a breaking news reporter at The Tribune. She graduated from the University of Oklahoma and has written for the Houston Chronicle along with the Enid News & Eagle. When she's not reporting, she loves watching football, reading books and painting.