Salt Lake Telegram | 1938-01-05 | Page 18 | Lake Level Climes; High Mark Possible

LAKE LEVEL CLIMBS HIGH MARK POSSIBLE Possibility that Great Salt lake might be headed back toward the high level attained in the was seen here Wednesday by A. A B. B Purton Purton Purton Pur- Pur ton water resources engineer for forthe forthe forthe the United States geological sur sur- vey Everything depends of course on the the- sufficiency of future rainfall Mr Purton admitted but he estimated estimated estimated esti esti- mated the lake level at start of this year at feet below bEllow the zero stage which is 55 foot higher than the reading of January 1 1937 I An time all low of 31 feet below the the z zero ro l level vel was measured at the lake November 15 1935 but the 1936 low mark was considerably higher and the 1937 one still higher the lowest reading being only 22 feet below zero Back in 1924 the lake stood more than nine feet above its present level