To get in top shape for the 2034 Winter Games, state officials say the drying Great Salt Lake needs enough additional water each year to fill 400,000 Olympic-sized swimming pools. … The lake has shrunk after years of drought, climate change and redirection of water for farming and other uses, reaching a record low in 2022. It made some recovery before dropping back down to end 2025 at its third-lowest level since 1903. Agriculture is the biggest consumer of water from the Great Salt Lake Basin, at 65%, the report says, followed by municipal and industrial uses at 26.8% and mineral extraction at 5.7%.