Officials from the Central Utah Water Conservancy District have begun sending around 87 billion liters of water from Utah Lake to the Great Salt Lake in an ongoing managed release. The plan will send around 1 billion liters of water each day along the Jordan River as part of an effort to keep water levels stable ahead of the coming snowmelt.

The Central Utah Water Conservancy District announced this week that nearly 23 billion gallons of water will be sent from Utah Lake to the Great Salt Lake. The process began Jan. 29 and involves releasing 500 million gallons of water per day from Utah Lake down the Jordan River.

Nearly 23 billion gallons of water are about to flow from Utah Lake to the Great Salt Lake through the Jordan River.