Great Salt Lake has chance to be healthy again for first time in over a decade

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In a couple of months, the Great Salt Lake has a chance of reaching its healthy range for the first time in over a decade.

The Natural Resources Conservation Service recently forecasted the Great Salt Lake to rise by as much as 1.5 feet from spring runoff.

Currently, the lake is at 4,194.5 feet above sea level. That’s 1.5 feet from the tail-end of its healthy range of 4,196 to 4,200 feet.

However, it’s important to note the NRCS thinks it’s most likely the lake will rise by just under a foot. On the low end, it thinks there’s a chance the lake could only rise by less than 6 inches.

It’s hard to tell exactly what will happen with other factors like upstream diversions, reservoir levels and the railroad causeway that divides the lake in two.

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