Show L. L D D-D D Day D-Day Day ay On the Bri Brine U Great Salt Lake has been Invaded invaded invaded In- In by an armada of boats I balloons and 2000 tin cans In a University of Utah effort to attack attack attack at- at tack what Is termed by one professor prof pro pro- lessor fessor f as the lakes lake's pickled J- J pollution problem 5 f jv DETERMINING the chemical V content of the pollution and how to rid the lake of its unwelcome deposits is but one of the many j Imaginative projects being Initiated initiated by several University departments deL departments de- de L under the guidance dance of the Department of Civil Engi Engi- As its initial effort aimed to towards towards to- to wards cleaning the lake for recreation recreation rec- rec U and creating a fresh water wa- wa K oj ter area the department hopes to explore the field of micro- micro oceanography with Great SaltY Salt I Y Lake its scale model ocean and its off jumping-off point to the t 1 Pacific PROFESSOR John Edmund jt Fitzgerald chairman of the Civil Engineering Department is new to Salt Lake City butas but butas as a native of Boston is familiar f. f i. i with shoreline cleanup projects The lake is recoverable the th E professor states but we ought to find out many tl things about the lake and its content before we invite imite millions of people to swim I in it it TERMING SALT Lake City a amodel amodel amodel model ocean city with its scale model ocean the professor professor pro pro- professor fessor said the city and the lake are an excellent example of a closed ecological system similar to an ocean city the city the entire environment wa water t e r drain off poll pollutants etc is essentially es essentially essentially es- es closed off with respect to external influences Professor Fit Fitzgerald r a I d is spearheading an endeavor to establish es establish establish es- es a program of micro- micro oceanography in the Department of Civil Engineering under the federal program of sea-grant sea colleges to which the University University University sity was named late last year enabling it to compete with other universities for federal funds WITH THE Great Salt Lake as its experimental area the de department department de- de department already has begun graduate projects pertaining to the lake recovery which could be utilized in further ocean study in the Pacific The possibility of f a fresh freshwater freshwater freshwater water lagoon has been proposed by Associate Professor Edwin EdwinC C C. C He suggests forming a 6 2 1 mile dike as the crow flies from Antelope Island to Pro Promontory m 0 n tor y Point using the tailings now being dumped by Utah's Copper Corporation into a tailings tailings tailings tail tail- ings pond RESEARCH TO determine the stability ty of the tailings and if chemical and other additives could Improve such stability would be part of his project The investigation would also de determine determine determine de- de termine if fresh water running Into the lagoon would force the salt out through openings In the dike Professor Nord q qui u 1 i s t t is s research re research research re- re search would depend a great deal on the findings of Assistant professor Earl E E. E Mason who has launched neutral buoyancy balloons around the lake to find air currents and a proposed stud study by Dr Dr Alan G G. G Fletcher Associate Professor of Civil Engineering on fresh water current flow into the lake ALREADY EXPLORING current current current cur cur- rent flow In an armada of boats the Utah Geological Survey staff has floated 2000 tin cans partially partially partially par par- filled with brine to observe ob observe observe ob- ob serve the flow pattern of the submerged pathfinders For several months the Survey Survey Survey Sur Sur- vey staff has been researching the che chemistry of the lake pollution pollution pollution tion mapping the bottom and determining the lake de depth p t h which includes use of a US U.S. Navy electronic echo PROFESSOR Fitzge Fitzgeralds Fitzgerald's r a 1 ds d's proposed oceanography micro-oceanography program would include cooperation cooperation cooperation cooper cooper- with the Utah Geological Survey in utilizing the information information information tion gathered by the Survey aswell as aswell aswell well as other University departments depart depart- ments |