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Posted on 6/15/22 at 9:44 pm to 0x15E
quote:Serious question. Do they actually use the water out of the lake for anything? I honestly have no idea.
Did no one realize that without proper water distribution and restrictions that the lake would disappear altogether?
Posted on 6/15/22 at 9:44 pm to northshorebamaman
No one uses the water out of the lake. They do use the water north of the lake though.
It's why water rights are a serious thing out west.
It's why water rights are a serious thing out west.
This post was edited on 6/15/22 at 9:45 pm
Posted on 6/15/22 at 9:46 pm to Centinel
I didn't think of that. 
Posted on 6/15/22 at 9:48 pm to 0x15E
I went swimming in it in 1969.
Posted on 6/15/22 at 10:25 pm to 0x15E
More salt evaporation for whoever has operations there now
Posted on 6/15/22 at 10:41 pm to CitizenK
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More salt evaporation for whoever has operations there now
14% of the world's magnesium production comes from the lake according to wiki.
Posted on 6/15/22 at 10:58 pm to 0x15E
The Great Salt Lake and salt lakes around the world are shrinking because of more water consumption by humans.
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The world's saltwater lakes are drying up and scientists have long suspected climate change was to blame. Now, a study reveals another potential culprit: thirsty humans. According to more than 170 years of water records and a comparison of how much water flows in and out of the lake, consumption of freshwater is likely to blame for the shrinking of Utah's Great Salt Lake—and of similar lakes around the world
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Since 1847, the Great Salt Lake has steadily shrunk, reaching its lowest recorded level in 2016. Today, the lake is 3.6 meters below its 1847 level and just half its original volume. Previously, many researchers thought the decline—here and in other saltwater lakes—was caused by wet and dry cycles related to climate change, says Wayne Wurtsbaugh, a limnologist at Utah State University in Logan.
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Posted on 6/15/22 at 10:59 pm to BuckyCheese
there is a massive mine on the southend of the lake across the highway
Posted on 6/15/22 at 11:05 pm to 0x15E
The Great Salt Lake is one of the creepiest and dead places I’ve ever experienced.
Posted on 6/15/22 at 11:21 pm to MizzouBS
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The Great Salt Lake and salt lakes around the world are shrinking because of more water consumption by humans.
Aral Sea is gone due to this. Was once the world's 4th largest lake. When water is diverted for irrigation and cities in deserts this is what you get.
This post was edited on 6/15/22 at 11:22 pm
Posted on 6/15/22 at 11:24 pm to 0x15E
It is drying up but was too wet to hold the Bonneville speed trials for a couple years in the last 5 or 6.
Posted on 6/15/22 at 11:39 pm to 0x15E
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The Great Salt Lake in the US state of Utah has shrunk by two-thirds since the 1980s because of climate change.
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diverting less snowpack runoff
Hmmm?
Posted on 6/16/22 at 5:16 am to 0x15E
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because of climate change.
Is not
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diverting less snowpack runoff away from the lake for municipality and agricultural uses.
Sounds like much of the rest of the west. People moving to arid areas and using water in ways contrary to how it should be to make lawns in the dessert.
Also, look how much water western states sell to Mexico for agriculture. It’s huge.
Posted on 6/16/22 at 5:20 am to 0x15E
I think you can blame Donny Osmonds 60 year show business career for some of this.
Posted on 6/16/22 at 6:38 am to udtiger
Nah. People have used water for various reasons, even with high salt content.
In fact, they built a pumping station in the early 80s because there was took MUCH water in the GSL. Pumped out an amazing amount of water in less than 10 years.
But, you know, climate change…
Posted on 6/16/22 at 7:05 am to northshorebamaman
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Serious question. Do they actually use the water out of the lake for anything? I honestly have no idea.
No, but it GSL is massively important to millions of birds during their annual migrations to/from Mexico/Canada.
The salt extraction industries on the lake are loving the low lake levels tho.
Posted on 6/16/22 at 7:07 am to BuckyCheese
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14% of the world's magnesium production comes from the lake according to wiki.
Magnesium sulfate.
As a side note, the lake was at record high levels in 1983...
Posted on 6/16/22 at 7:07 am to soccerfüt
The Mormons I know in Utah could not give two shits about this.
Posted on 6/16/22 at 7:47 am to Lonnie Utah
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As a side note, the lake was at record high levels in 1983...
They had to raise the railroad causeway in the early 80's due to the high levels.
And built a seawall out of boxcar bodies and rip rap to protect the tracks from waves.
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