Patent ID: 7832959
Filing Date: 2010-11-16
Classification: E02B,Y02A

Abstract:
1. A method of restoration of a highly saline lake having a periphery, a water bottom, and an influent water source that enables water to be added to the lake, comprising the steps of: a) forming a series of dikes that separate the highly saline lake into a plurality of smaller lakes, each having a water surface, the lakes including an outer lake that is next to the periphery and one or more inner lakes, each dike and each lake water surface having an elevation; b) flowing water from the influent source to the outer lake; c) flowing water from the outer lake to the inner lakes; d) providing a breathing brine area that is surrounded by the smaller lakes; e) flowing water from the inner lakes to the breathing brine area; f) cascading water in steps “c” through “e” from one lake to another lake with simultaneous drops in elevation beginning at the outer lake, then to the inner lakes and then to the brathing brine area; and g) gradually increasing the salinity of the water that flows in steps “c” through “f”.