Learning Humility From a Dying Lake | One of Compass Minerals Ogden's Evaporation Pools, with low water with the Bear River Bay (right) and Ogden Bay (top) in the background. Mineral mining on the Great Salt Lake along with tourism and brine shrimp farming on the Great Salt Lake contribute 1.9 billion to Utah's economy. This doesn't include the economic boost of Utah's famous lake affect snow also endangered by a drying lake. Mineral extraction uses 7% of the water in the Great Salt Lake. Agricultural and irrigation divert 70-80% of the water.

One of Compass Minerals Ogden's Evaporation Pools, with low water with the Bear River Bay (right) and Ogden Bay (top) in the background.

Mineral mining on the Great Salt Lake along with tourism and brine shrimp farming on the Great Salt Lake contribute 1.9 billion to Utah's economy. This doesn't include the economic boost of Utah's famous lake affect snow also endangered by a drying lake. Mineral extraction uses 7% of the water in the Great Salt Lake. Agricultural and irrigation divert 70-80% of the water.

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