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That growing feeling: Willard Bay's beaches get bigger as water level lowered to 50% for construction project
If you think you’ve noticed the beaches at Willard Bay getting larger, you’re right. They are. The Weber Basin Water Conservancy District has begun pumping the 9,900-acre reservoir to roughly half its normal volume so crews can cut through the south dike and replace two steel siphon pipes that have delivered fresh water to Compass Minerals, the Harold Crane Waterfowl Management Area and other users since the 1970s. “Those siphons help feed several of the users out there— Compass Minerals as well as the bird refuge,” district General Manager Scott Paxman told Salt Lake City’s KSL-TV. “They’ve been corroding from...
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By Box Elder News JournalIf you think you’ve noticed the beaches at Willard Bay getting larger, you’re right. They are. The Weber Basin Water Conservancy District has begun pumping the 9,900-acre reservoir to roughly half its normal volume so crews can cut through the south dike and replace two steel siphon pipes that have delivered fresh water to Compass Minerals, the Harold Crane Waterfowl Management Area and other users since the 1970s. “Those siphons help feed several of the users out there— Compass Minerals as well as the bird refuge,” district General Manager Scott Paxman told Salt Lake City’s KSL-TV. “They’ve been corroding from...
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