One of the things you learn about Utah history is prehistoric Lake Bonneville which used to cover majority of Utah. The Great Salt Lake is the remnant of it and many of the popular tourist attractions have names representing the high shoreline as it continued to lower in its regression phase.

Ever since I was a kid I was taught that the Great Salt Lake would eventually dry up(not in my lifetime). But each year I lived there and would drive by or fly in a small plane across it, I would see more flats and less water. Just last June I visited and much of Utah seemingly is becoming a dust bowl.

I think it is way too late to save it. But we will see plenty of people point fingers at those in charge today, those growing crops, and residential usage when the reality is that this was hardly talked about in terms of sustainability decades ago when it was at its highest.

Also see: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aral_Sea