If the Great Salt Lake continues to shrink at its current rate, it could disappear in the next five years, according to researchers. Currently, the lake is losing an average of 1.2 million acre-feet each year.
If the lake dries up, it could result in major health, environmental and economic consequences, the report says.last year the lake's collapse is like an "environmental nuclear bomb.
During the 1980s, the lake was on the brink of collapsing when an unusual wet period replenished the lake, Abbott said.Abbott said he is optimistic that federal and state leaders have the ability to reverse the trend., a $25 million federal bill was passed to research saline lakes in the western U.S.
"We are not cynical," he said, adding that with the support of the governor, federal government, state lawmakers and the agriculture community, "we really believe we can save the lake."
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