Salt Lake City, Inc - Utah's Biggest Water & Land Hoarder

Naturally, the oldest (1876), the richest ($3.7 billion un-regulated utility) and the biggest (Utah's biggest city) would be Utah's biggest water hoarder for political power outside city limits and money.

At the front door, Salt Lake City water shames residents with tales of water shortages into paying high water conservation rates, while out the back door , the city sells billions of gallons of "surplus" for millions out the back door to Park City, Heber Valley, Alta, and 4 ski resorts for snow making.

Salt Lake City operates a $25 million so-called "surplus" water hoarding business in 3 counties. Park City pays about $300k in SLC water hoarding taxes annually. Heber Valley Utah pays about $1 million in SLC water hoarding taxes annually.

Millcreek, and Cottonwood Heights pay millions in SLC a "water hoarding tax" plus pay $45,000 a month to Salt Lake City to buy land in the canyons to add to SLC's 31,000 acre land hoard.

Salt Lake City de-waters, despoils and uses pristine creeks as free, unlined ditches. It spends $830,000 annually to operate the Jordan & Salt Lake Canal running Utah Lake water from Draper to Temple Square. 99% of this canal's water runs to waste every year. This environmental injustice has no basis in good public policy.

There is no pubic policy basis for Salt Lake City's massive water wasting, water hoarding, or the weaponization of water to devalue private property.

Salt Lake City's crumbling water lines leak 2 billion gallons of water while residents are water shamed with "Slow the Flow" and water restrictions. The SLC golf courses die of thirst to intentionally put them out of business while $25 million in "surplus" is sold in 3 counties out the backdoor.

Salt Lake City is a great city with a poorly managed water dept double charging for water, tripled staffed, trumpeting "saving the canyons" mantra to distract from poor management, high water rates, and crumbling infrastructure.