Every gift splits in half: 50% buys water for the lake now, and 50% seeds a 0%-interest loan that helps a Utah farmer convert crops and irrigation — then comes back to fund the next farm. Give once, work twice.
Donations open soon — here's how a gift will work. Drag a preset to see the impact.
Your gift splits 50/50. The lake half buys water at current Utah lease rates (~$350/acre-foot) plus measurement and delivery — a conservative all-in rate you can adjust. The fund half is shown in dollars, not gallons: it bridges a conversion the cost-share mostly pays for, then is repaid and re-lent (~1.3×/yr). One acre-foot = 325,851 gallons.
Illustrative planning figures, not a guarantee of a specific volume.
Estimate your water savings, win AWOP & EQIP cost-share, and get a 0%-interest transition loan — with no upfront cost. That's BasinWard, our program for farmers.
Half works today, half works for years. Water the Lake doesn't own the water or write the law — we fund farmers through BasinWard, get the water freed, and prove where every drop went.
Fifty cents on the dollar goes straight to the lake. The other fifty seeds a revolving 0%-interest loan fund for farmers — capital that comes back and gets used again.
The lake half leases water from willing farmers and dedicates it to the Great Salt Lake through Utah's shepherding programs. Telemetry and water accounting confirm the gallons.
The fund half is a 0% loan that helps a farm switch crops or irrigation. The farm repays when its cost-share lands, and your dollars roll on to the next farm — freeing more water every year.
Farmers, funders, water nerds, and lake lovers — tell us how you'd like to be part of returning water to the Great Salt Lake.