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Talking about the lake. now that we have a lot of people interested, the governor, legislature very interested in coming up with different solutions so that we don t end up with that catastrophic outcome. reporter: seems like the path of least resistance is for the state to pay farmers for their water rights. is that going to happen? it remains to be seen. there are a lot of things that we could do. reporter: among the signs of change, when u.s. magnesium wanted to extend canals into the lake, state said no. and lathsz yst year the legisla final began writing water laws. sometimes i feel like we take a step forward and sometimes we take a step back. but in general, other pieces of water legislation that passed in 2022 were bipartisan and unanimous. like where does that happen anymore. reporter: fingers crossed it keeps happening because the only thing that can keep the great salt lake great is a lot of snow and even more cooperation.
In the billions to control the toxic dust that remains a threat 100 years later. this lake is 12 to 15 times bigger than owens lake. it is right next to a metropolitan center, which that lake was not. so people will breathe this dust immediately and we re really concerned about that happening here. so we have done that experiment. we shouldn t do it again. the human choice that led to that event, we re looking at the grea salt lake and we could avoid that catastrophe if we make choices today. reporter: brian and john are from rival utah universities. one with a background in state government, the other an atmospheric scientist. it is bipartisan, right? we all want clean air. reporter: together they are part of the new great salt lake strike team out to convince everyone that every drop counts. for a long time i don t think that people were sufficiently
Is a threat to the lungs of over 2.5 million people. we ve done this experiment, we know about dust storms and particulate pollution, about heavy metals and how they are bad for humans. this is an ecological disaster that will become a human health disaster. reporter: she is among the scientists who warn that the great salt lake has we know it could be gone in five years. shrivelled in the fingers of lifeless water before becoming the great toxic dust ball. you can see a person standing out there like the water would have been above their head just a few years ago. reporter: this is what is known as a terminal lake with no rivers to take minerals to the sea, so they build up over time just like owens ls lake in california after they drained it a centuryin ago to build los angeles. it inspired the movie chinatown and forced californians to spend