![]() "We recognize more action and resources are needed, and we are actively working with the many stakeholders who value the lake."Īlong with reducing the lake's method of replenishment, a climate-change-fueled megadrought choking the Southwest means there is less water all around Utah than there has been in the past 1,200 years. "It's clear the lake is in trouble," Joel Ferry, Utah Department of Natural Resources Executive Director, says in a statement. ![]() However, tributaries that used to drain into the lake basin were diverted to meet industry, agricultural, and human needs, per Gizmodo. The lake goes through seasonal cycles of water loss and replenishment after rain and snow melt fills it back up. ![]() In the 1980s, the lake's surface area reached 3,300 square miles, now it covers less than 1,000, reports Lauren Leffer for Gizmodo.īased on historical data, lake levels will continue to decrease until fall or early winter arrives, and the amount of incoming water to the lake equals or exceeds evaporative losses, reports the United States Geological Society in a statement. The Great Salt Lake is now only 30 feet deep at its deepest point. In 1847, when researchers began taking measurements, the lake was at 4,200 feet above sea level, which means that the lake has lost almost ten feet of elevation. After water levels were measured on July 3, the lake's average daily surface water elevation was 4,190 feet. ![]() Utah's Great Salt Lake has dwindled below historic levels less than a year ago when last measured in October 2021. ![]()
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