SALT LAKE CITY (ABC4) — Thousands of gallons of water spill out of Willard Spur, making their way to the Great Salt Lake and surrounding wetlands. It’s just a small part of a collaborative water release that is delivering almost 10,000 acre-feet of the stuff of life over several weeks.
That’s about 3.26 billion gallons, which is enough water to fill about 4,934 Olympic-size swimming pools.
The Great Salt Lake Commissioner’s Office reports they partnered with the Great Salt Lake Watershed Enhancement Trust and Great Salt Lake Rising to coordinate the water release, which is possible thanks to construction on Pine View Reservoir…