Family near proposed data center worries about water quality #arcticspas

Hinzugefügt: 2026-05-25

[00:00:00]We are currently at a 50% use of the Great Salt Lake water rights. So, we will only be able to use 30% of our our total water rights starting in 2027.

[00:00:13]>> That's before we talk about the new Stratus data center going right next to their property, Hansel Valley, where the Stratus data center will use irrigation water from the property rights they acquire. And even though developers say they're not taking water directly from the Great Salt Lake, Rhonda about these salt welts which feed into the lake.

[00:00:34]>> So, we're concerned not only with how much, but what are they going to do to it? People directly consume this product. So, if they put in forever chemicals, for example, they might say they've cleaned it, but there're chemicals that don't come out.

[00:00:50]>> the Andersons have filed water quality and quantity protests against the data center.

[00:00:55]>> We are not opposed to data centers per se. It just needs to happen in the right place.

[00:01:01]>> Hoping to restore not only the Great Salt Lake, but their family legacy.

[00:01:05]>> This is my home, and I'm going to fight for my home.