'The lake's ecosystem is not only on the edge of collapse. It is collapsing,' said one ecologist.
megadrought, the continued normal consumption of water in Utah and its neighboring states has led the Great Salt Lake to lose 40 billion gallons of water per year since 2020, reducing its surface level to 10 feet below what is considered the minimum safe level.;“Goodbye, Great Salt Lake;�� Megadrought and mismanagement have cost the lake 73% of its water. Now experts are warning it could dry up in the next 5 years.
"The ecosystem is on life support, [and] we need to have this emergency intervention to make sure it doesn't disappear."
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