Here’s how much water is flowing to the Great Salt Lake as the snow melts

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Here’s how much water is flowing to the Great Salt Lake as the snow melts
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About 37% more water is flowing into the Great Salt Lake from its tributaries than in a typical year, according to federal data.

Water levels are up in Bear River Bay during a flyover of the Great Salt Lake with EcoFlight on Tuesday, April 9, 2024.

The median cumulative flow for those four gauges as of May 19 is 1.18 million acre-feet. .toward the end of January, February and March have made a difference that shows in reservoir levels and water flow. About 838,000 acre-feet flowed past gauges in the northern tributary between Oct. 1, 2023, and May 19 of this year, according to the USGS data.

Water flow is up in the Weber River and at the Farmington Bay outlet compared to 2022, but there is less moving past those gauges so far this water year than in 2023.

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