Salt Lake Telegram | 1935-11-06 | Page 11 | Evaporation Converts Deep Utah Lake into Puddle; Point Pumps Get Only Air

Evaporation Converts Deep Utah Lake LakeS S I Into Puddle Point Pumps Get Only Air Utah l lake ke once mecca of boats- boats men and seekers pleasure now Is hardly fit lit even for tor a wading pond a report by B F. F Lofgren lake commissIoners commissioner showed Wed Wed- S The lake is at the thc lowest level In history Its average depth Is only six Inches The The- m maximum depth is 10 Inches Mr Lofgren informed State Engineer Engineer En En- T. T H. H t the lake lako now Is 15 1204 feet t et below compromise compromise compro compro- mise mice level three Inches less than the tho previous lowest mark The water covers acres and with the tho depth averaging six Inches contains acre feet This level is so low Pelican point pumps cannot reach the water unless winds pile waves up PumpIng PumpIng Pump Pump- Ing lag was stopped d November 3 3 Reflecting serious conditions at atthe atthe the tho lake because of evaporation the report said that of acre feet flowing m into o the lake in October October Oc Oc- Oc- Oc tober were are absorbed b by atmospheric atmospheric atmospheric at at- conditions The Information said ncr acre feet leet was drawn from tram the lake lakes s up to November 1 this year for tor irrigation The water was taken by users In the following amounts Utah Salt Lake Canal company company com corn pany East gast Jordan Canal company Salt SaIL Lake City South Jordan Canal company company com corn pany North Jordan Canal company Draper Irrigation company compan 1000 Utah h Lake Distributing Distributing Dis Dis- company 46 and primary primary pd- pd mary users 28 2860 O. O Primary users drawing upon natural flow of ot the Jordan river took acre feet i