Re: Drought depletes Utah's Great Salt Lake
Author: e
Date: 09-23-2016 - 14:16
BOB2 Wrote:
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> When I was up there earlier this year, it was
> pretty low...although they finally got some "okay"
> rain and snow last winter in the front ranfe. It
> was noticeable that it was low out at Promontory
> Point. But the level has varied a lot over the
> years.
>
> I seem to recall that the lake was really "full"
> back in the late sixties. And, that there were
> concerns that the lake was in danger of "spilling
> over" into adjacent low lying salt beds, for a
> while, if I recall correctly. There was an old
> corroded abandoned resort that was partially under
> water somewhere west of SLC, we drove out to back
> then, so you could see that up and down, impact on
> that.
That was/is the old Saltair Resort. IIRC, it's back
in operation. These is an exit for it off I-80.
>
> What is the status of the RR causeway project?