Show CHAPTER 2XII GREAT SALT LAKE DYKING PROJECTS Because the lake is so shallow and spread over such a great area the evaporation rate is excessive The lower the water level falls the greater this ratio becomes In order to decrease this evaporation ratio various engineers have suggested the to make some possibility of diking the lake in order deeper sections for the more economic storage of water Storage by diking was famous French engineer in 1882 first suggested by De Lesseps Lesseps suggested that the section lying east of the islands be diked off for fresh water Since that time various men and organiza "De tions have toyed with the idea of diking have followed the ideas of De Some of the schemes Lesseps while others have advo- cated different diking systems One rather common proposal that has merited considerable consideration is to run dikes from the main shore to the south end of Antelope Island to Promontory Point This would create a large fresh water lake which would naturally receive almost all the water that enters from Antelope to Fremont and from Fremont "Digest of Data and Pertinent Material on the Great Salt Lake Dyking Project" np This work is a collection of diking committee reports minutes of meetings on lake reclamation reports of engineers' surveys activities of the Great Basin Authority Board etc 1 Ora Bundy |