Although Utah lawmakers have taken a number of steps aimed at conserving and delivering more water to the Great Salt Lake, it’s difficult to measure whether those steps are actually making a difference.  That could change thanks to a $3 million investment from the federal government to install 13 new stream gauges positioned on the shores of the Great Salt Lake, measuring how much water is flowing into the beleaguered saline lake.  The $3 million comes from the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation and allows the U.S. Geological Survey, or USGS, to install and collect data around the Great Salt Lake for the next five years. USGS will also install buoys to measure water temperature, which will help predict future lake levels. 

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