Willard Bay

First Look Traffic, here's Jason Jones.

Other than that minor accident that we have southbound I-15 up in the Willard Bay area, there's really nothing else going on.

What roads are a little bit wet up north and down south, but dry in the Salt Lake Valley? I'm Jason Jones in the KSL Traffic Center.

Nancy Perry Baird worked at this FINA station when she disappeared.

But there is a genuine piece of good news this week.

Officials announced that 3.26 billion gallons of water will be released from Willard Bay to the Great Salt Lake and its surrounding wetlands.

Here's where that water comes from.

Carbon County was drained this summer as part of a $100 million infrastructure upgrade, replacing 6.4 miles of pipeline that supplies drinking water to over 120,000 people.

The water that was drained from Pine View was redirected to Willard Bay.

And this week, that water starts flowing into the lake.

And this timing matters.

They harvest brine shrimp out of it.

really uh-huh they use it for fish food and so it'll change colors like if you fly in a certain time of year it'll be like this pink orange color and they go out and suck them up with the big like a big uh like a pontoon boat and a big vacuum and they suck them up into these bags have you ever they're called what brine shrimp they're just a little microscopic shrimp oh okay yeah and then they have a fresh side so they have a big dike that goes across the the lake and one side is fresh it's called willard bay and you can you can fish stripers and wipers in there and catfish and a whopper wiper it's a striped bass and a and a walleye combo i think is what it is okay and yeah you ever heard of the bonneville salt flats Watch if you see any car commercial and it looks like they're driving on white sand, that's filmed in Utah.

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It's where they do the fastest cars.

And we'll have more on the impacts of the storm when we check weather with Matt Johnson.

Billions of gallons of water are now flowing from Willard Bay Reservoir to the Great Salt Lake in the state's latest effort to help boost lake levels and its wetlands.

KSL News Radio's McKenna Rodriguez joins us live.

McKenna?

Andy, the water amounts to about 3.26 billion gallons, and Governor Cox is saying that every drop counts.

State officials originally began draining water from Pineview Reservoir into Willard Bay for a pipeline upgrade project, and now it's being redirected into the Great Salt Lake to boost the health of wetlands and especially during the birds' fall migratory season.

The lake's commissioner, Hannah Friese, says unused water in Willard Bay would've just sat there, but reallocating to the lake gave the water a new purpose, and it's a huge benefit to the birds.

As of this month, the lake sits at 4,189 feet, which is about 29% full, and has 1,200 square miles of exposed lake bed.

KSL's top story this hour.

State officials are working to boost the levels in the Great Salt Lake and surrounding wetlands by releasing additional water from Willard Bay.

The water amounts to 3.2 billion gallons.

KSL Newsradio's McKenna Rodriguez joins us live.

McKenna?

Britt, Governor Cox is saying that every drop of water counts.

State officials originally began draining water from Pineview Reservoir into Willard Bay for a pipeline infrastructure upgrade, and now that's being directed into the Great Salt Lake to boost the health of wetlands, especially during the birds' fall migratory season.

The lake commissioner, Hannah Friese, says unused water in Willard Bay would have just sat there, but reallocating to the lake gives the water a new purpose and a huge benefit for the birds.

And we'll have more on the impacts of the storm when we check weather with Matt Johnson.

Billions of gallons of water are now flowing from Willard Bay Reservoir to the Great Salt Lake in the state's latest effort to help boost lake levels and its wetlands.

KSL News Radio's McKenna Rodriguez joins us live.

McKenna?

Andy, the water amounts to about 3.26 billion gallons, and Governor Cox is saying that every drop counts.

State officials originally began draining water from Pineview Reservoir into Willard Bay for a pipeline upgrade project, and now it's being redirected into the Great Salt Lake to boost the health of wetlands, and especially during the birds' fall migratory season.

The lake's commissioner, Hannah Friese, says unused water in Willard Bay would've just sat there, but reallocating to the lake gave the water a new purpose, and it's a huge benefit to the birds.

As of this month, the lake sits at 4,189 feet, which is about 29% full, and has 1,200 square miles of exposed lake bed.