The anticipated peak is about 3 feet below the lake's minimum healthy level and about a half-foot below what Great Salt Lake deputy commissioner Tim Davis had hoped for this year.
The lake normally loses about 2 feet over the summer months and the first half of fall. With hotter and drier-than-normal conditions forecast for this summer, the lake could lose more than that.
This graph shows the elevation of the Great Salt Lake's northern and southern arms between 2007 and this year. The lake's southern arm appears to have maxed out at about 4,195.2 feet this year, the highest in five years. “We’re hoping that the lake level will maintain for as long as it can before beginning to fall,” he said.trying to secure water rights that are directed toward the lake
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