[mrchucklepants]

The governor is from rural Utah and his family owns a farm. His deep roots in that culture will be a challenge.

[umvi]

Well maybe Utah needs to vote in a technocrat from "Silicon Slopes" as their next governor.

[zahma]

I don’t see why being a farmer is implicitly linked to waste.

Sure he has farm interests in mind, but farmers will be among the first to really feel the affects of a dying lake ecosystem.

[lost_tourist]

Having lived in Utah rural areas for "a while", they will have to have a dust bowl 2.0 in the ag area to be brought to their senses, it's that simple. No amount of logic or begging from liberals will change that. Reality has to set in

[emodendroket]

Silicon, hm? Semiconductor production itself is quite water-hungry. Consider: https://www.theverge.com/22628925/water-semiconductor-shorta...

> A factory or “fab” for making semiconductors needs a lot of water to operate. It’ll guzzle between 2 to 4 million gallons of water a day by some estimates, using the water to cool down equipment and clean silicon wafers. That’s about as much water as 13,698 to 27,397 Arizona residents might use in a day. Fabs are also pretty picky when it comes to water quality, they need to use “ultra-pure” water to prevent any impurities from damaging the chips.

[yamazakiwi]

Utah is already experimenting with this solution on their NBA team if you care to look into it.

[devmunchies]

Let’s turn Utah into California. Drought and all.