FOX 13 Salt Lake City: Great Salt Lake may be weeks away from new historic low

SALT LAKE CITY — The Great Salt Lake may be weeks away from hitting its new historic low.

The lake could to drop over the next three to four weeks, Laura Haskell, the drought coordinator for Utah's Division of Water Resources, told FOX 13 News on Thursday.

"We need to be aware that we are in a drought and the Great Salt Lake is kind of the canary in the coal mine. Where we have this drought situation and we need to be aware the natural environment is very stressed," she said.

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