Newfoundland Evaporation Basin

The Newfoundland Evaporation Basin is a dry Great Basin watershed located in northwestern Utah. It was created in June 1986 by the State of Utah to harbor excess water from the Great Salt Lake.[1] A pumping station at Hogup Ridge, canals, nearly twenty-five miles of dikes, a thirty-seven-mile-long natural gas pipeline, and an access road were constructed. Pumping of water into the basin continued until June 1989, after 6 feet of water level decline in the Great Salt Lake.[2]

References

  1. ↑ The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica. "Great Salt Lake lake, Utah, United States Britannica.com". Encyclopaedia Britannica. Retrieved 18 June 2016.
  2. ↑ Campbell, Robb (5 August 2013). "Earthshots: Great Salt Lake, Utah". United States Geological Survey. Retrieved 18 June 2016.

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