Saline lakes have been used for resources and entertainment for years.agricultural use is causing these lakes to become saltier and smaller in size.soon the lakes may not be large enough to extract minerals. The shrinking lakes also cause health problems such as asthma and other respiratory diseases. Dams and dykes have been built to help alleviate the dwindling water supply. Most of the communities are more concerned with the savings it brings to agriculture. Hopefully spreading the word will help with the situation at hand.

Key Takeaways:

• Saline lakes have served as recreational attractions, supported fishing and yielded minerals for extraction.
• These lakes are getting smaller and saltier as humans siphon off the water, mostly for agricultural uses. This is leading to agricultural and health problems.
• Two tactics are being used to preserve saline lakes: dam them to make them smaller or add more water to them.

“preservation work is often a hard sell, though, as communities want the water for agriculture.”

Read more: https://arstechnica.co.uk/science/2017/10/human-water-use-is-draining-the-worlds-saline-lakes/