Impoundment Depletion: A New Hydrologic Paradigm Grounded in the Great Salt Lake Basin Impoundments represent the largest unmeasured anthropogenic source of depletion in the Great Salt Lake Basin. Using satellite imagery, aerial datasets, and surface‑area‑based evaporation modeling, we ...

My study into anthropogenic (human attributed) depletions of the #GreatSaltLake water basin.
#utah #waterwise #utpol #utleg #GSLscience #hydrology #coloradoriver #lakepowell #lakemead #salinelakes #waterconservation #UTDNR
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They lobbied for $allocations, claiming a nuclear time bomb that would dry up in 5 years, not infrastructure allotments that keep water from raising GSL's elevation.
Seems #utleg was hustled by the #utdnr to fund their little kingdom.