SALT LAKE CITY — It’s been a terrible, horrible, no good, very bad summer for the Great Salt Lake, but it’s slated to get another boost from Utah Lake toward the end of the water year.

Great Salt Lake Watershed Enhancement Trust officials announced Wednesday that 10,000 acre-feet of water from Utah Lake to Great Salt Lake, as part of an agreement with Jordan Valley Water Conservancy District, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, the Utah Division of Wildlife Resources and the Utah Division of Forestry, Fire and State Lands.

The additional water will flow into the Farmington and Gilbert bays via the Jordan River. It has the potential to help out more than just the Great Salt Lake because of the path it’s taking, said Marcelle Shoop, director of the trust.

“Timing the delivery

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