I visited in the 80's when I was a kid. We found a beautiful beach, and swam for hours. No stink, and crystal clear water that, due to its salt content, made yo

I visited in the 80's when I was a kid. We found a beautiful beach, and swam for hours. No stink, and crystal clear water that, due to its salt content, made you float super easily. Today, it's disgusting and obviously sick. That same beach is a sandy field a mile from the water, and when you do get to the water, it's a sludge that's probably not healthy to be around. Running out of water is a concern, but it's not because we won't be able to farm or wash or cars or whatever. It's because if that sludge dries, it turns to dust, and all the very nasty stuff (arsenic, mercury, and other heavy metals), starts polluting our air. And when it comes to air pollution, even without a dry lake of nasty stuff, the Salt Lake City metro area is one of the worst - especially so in the winter. We get an inversion later that traps air pollution in the valleys, and the air becomes brown. Not even a hint of brown, but just brown. Very bad things will happen to the health of everyone in this area should the lake go dry.