Lawmakers hear advice on restoring Utah Lake, planning water development

SALT LAKE CITY — The challenges of ridding Utah Lake of future algae blooms could cost "tens of billions of dollars," the Legislature's Water Development Commission was told during a meeting Tuesday.Lawmakers listened to concerns from environmental quality and wildlife resource authorities about eliminating invasive species from Utah Lake, fostering native species growth and mitigating nitrogen- and phosphorous-based nutrients seen as the primary cause for the harmful algal blooms that spr