Starting Tuesday morning, the Central Utah Water Conservancy District opened the floodgates to divert 50 million gallons of water each day into the lake, which has suffered during the state's recent drought.
The water comes from the Deer Creek Reservoir, which is released into the Provo River, then makes its way into the Jordan River and eventually into the lake.
“It was an innovative process that a lot of people came together to figure this out to be able to run this water this way,” said Wade Tuft, water manager for the Jordan Valley Water Conservancy District. “We’ve decided to bring this water down today and for the next couple of weeks so that we can hopefully avoid some of those flooding issues,” said Tuft.
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