But the loss of the Great Salt Lake would do a lot more damage than just making The Salt Lake Tribune and other similarly named entities look silly and out-of-date. And, as a recent scientific report makes clear, such a massive change in the local ecosystem is more than possible.
We must either think seriously about how many more thirsty people can actually live here, or watch the economic development prized by so many screech to a halt when water becomes too expensive, too scarce, or both, to support one more housing development.