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Jordan River Festival and Wasatch Front mayors launch “Love Your Watershed” campaign across Salt Lake County.
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The mayors of several Wasatch Front cities gather for a photograph near the Jordan River on Thursday, August 27, 2026. Benjamin Wood TAYLORSVILLE—The Jordan River passes through 16 cities on its way north from Utah Lake to the Great Salt Lake, collecting the street runoff, litter and debris from millions of Wasatch Front residents.
The river's water-quality issues are broadly known, but Bluffdale Mayor Natalie Hall noted on Thursday how the experience of getting into the river and kayaking from her city to Murray broadened her grasp of the Jordan and the challenges it faces.
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