Newfoundland Evaporation Basin

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The Newfoundland Evaporation Basin is a dry Great Basin watershed located in Box Elder and Tooele counties in Utah, United States. [1] It was created in June 1986 by the State of Utah to harbor excess water from the Great Salt Lake. [2] 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. [3]

References

  1. ↑ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Newfoundland Evaporation Basin
  2. ↑ "Great Salt Lake". Encyclopædia Britannica. Encyclopædia Britannica. Retrieved 18 June 2016.
  3. ↑ Campbell, Robb (5 August 2013). "Earthshots: Great Salt Lake, Utah". United States Geological Survey. Retrieved 18 June 2016.

41°05′00″N113°35′25″W / 41.08333°N 113.59028°W / 41.08333; -113.59028

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