When it was at it's high back in 80's they were pumping water into the desert

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Jan 18, 2023
10:07:42am

relic All-American

west of the lake.... pumping a lot of water....

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relic

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GLS has actually risen a foot since last November.

TempeCoug

1/18/23 9:45am

Is 12 inches really considered small?

Schultz is back

1/18/23 9:46am

I was curious about that too. For a lake as big as the GSL 12” seems like a lot

TempeCoug

1/18/23 9:48am

Not in my house hold it's not.

IGotAverageGifs

1/18/23 9:49am

4x more than average

Backcountry

1/18/23 9:53am

I don't believe you. That's not even enough to sustain life

Schultz is back

1/18/23 9:58am

RE: Is 12 inches really considered small?

Kral

1/18/23 10:43am

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Acorn

1/18/23 9:47am

What % is that in terms of surface are? 12" before runoff seems massive.

Backcountry

1/18/23 9:47am

so it's dropped 6.7 meters from it's all time high

v1k0u6

1/18/23 9:58am

Its a highly fluctuating terminal lake. "Normal" isnt even a real thing for the

Backcountry

1/18/23 10:00am

When it was at it's high back in 80's they were pumping water into the desert

relic

1/18/23 10:07am

They never actually turned the pumps on, right? Pumps were in place but never

Backcountry

1/18/23 10:08am

I can check.. I know someone (an electrician) that was contracted to keep

relic

1/18/23 10:18am

According to DNews article, they ran for 26 months .....

relic

1/18/23 11:55am

I don't get why they don't just pump the water back in from where they put it.

ochobeeguy

1/18/23 12:58pm

Average height might be a better comparison. I think they had to raise the

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