West Desert Pumping Project (Utah Code: Title 73 Water and Irrigation; Chapter 23) Country/Territory United States of America Territorial subdivision Utah Document type Legislation Date 2018 Source FAO, FAOLEX Subject Water Keyword Surface water Inland waters Flood Water abstraction Waterworks Geographical area Americas, Arctic, East Pacific, North America, North Atlantic Abstract This chapter of the Utah Code concerns the West Desert Pumping Project. Specifically, it provides that the level of the Great Salt Lake has risen sharply in recent years due to extreme weather conditions. The high level of the lake has caused extraordinary flooding conditions resulting in substantial damage to public and private facilities. Those conditions pose a threat to life, health, and property, and in particular may result in extensive damage to public lands, major transportation routes, and other public facilities. It also notes that some of the existing and anticipated extraordinary flooding conditions can be alleviated by construction of the West Desert Pumping Project. Further, it declares it is in the public interest and a public purpose to construct the West Desert Pumping Project as a means of counteracting the threat to life, health, and property in general and to public lands, major transportation routes, and other public facilities in particular. It finds that all activities engaged in under authority of this chapter are governmental functions and governmental entities and their officers and employees are immune from suit for any injury or damage resulting from those activities. Full text English Website le.utah.gov