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Article  The U.S. lakes that could disappear

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https://www.newsweek.com/lakes-disappear-us-1799702

EXCERPTS: [...] Utah's Great Salt Lake— the largest saltwater lake in the Western Hemisphere—has reached historic lows in recent months. The lake has now lost 73 percent of its water. Ben Abbott, plant and wildlife sciences professor at Brigham Young University in Utah, told Newsweek that it could be gone within just ten years.

[...] The Great Salt Lake does not just provide water to farming, and other methods of human consumption, but is integral to the local climate and surrounding ecosystems. "Great Salt Lake supports 80% of the wetlands in Utah and is the country's only source of magnesium," Abbott said. "It also provides almost half of the world's brine shrimp supply, which is essential for aquaculture..."

[...] Lake Mead, the largest man made reservoir in the U.S., lies on the border between Nevada and Arizona, and is formed by the Hoover Dam on the Colorado River. It is a popular recreational spot, but is now most famous for its rapidly declining water levels. Being located in an area seeing severe drought and water shortages, Lake Mead's water—which provides for 25 million people—is being used too quickly, with no means to replenish itself.

[...] Lake Powell is another Colorado River reservoir that faces the very real threat of drying up in the near future. Along with Lake Mead, Stockdale said that 40 million people are at risk. "They rely on the Colorado River water supply and a substantial share of the U.S. agricultural economy, not to mention the hundreds of bird species and every other living thing that depends on the basin's rivers as habitat." (MORE - missing details)
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