Posted on 05/29/2015 11:06:23 AM PDT by CedarDave
The Salton Sea is the largest lake in California, 360 square miles of unlikely liquid pooled in the middle of the Sonoran Desert. Now the sea is slipping away. The Salton Sea needs more water — but so does just about every other place in California. And what is happening here perfectly illustrates the fight over water in the West, where epic drought has revived decades-old battles and the simple solutions have all been tried.
Allowing the Salton Sea to shrink unabated would be catastrophic, experts say. Dried lake bed, called playa, is lighter and flies farther than ordinary soil. Choking clouds of particulate matter driven by powerful desert winds could seed health problems for 650,000 people as far away as Los Angeles. The effects would be even worse along the lake, where communities already fail federal air-quality standards and suffer the highest asthma rates in the state.
But the fate of the Salton Sea depends on a complicated series of deals that pit farms against cities, water rights against water needs, old ways of life against the new. The drought has forced a reconsideration of these agreements, with each side jealously guarding its claim to what little water is left.
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Come on man! It's a f***ing desert... there is no fresh water and barren, toxic soil. To build there is an irresponsible waste of resources... that these days are ALL funded by the taxpayers.
Actually the Salton Sea has been filled with water a few times in history. It is believed that the Colorado river has changed it course and filled the basin a few times over the years. It has been named Lake Cahuilla and the old shore lines are plainly visible in certain locations. The Indians have left pottery and other signs along the old shore lines. The latest time was around 1500.
Right on! +1000
The Salton Sea was a man-made accident, don’t spend taxpayer money to “save” it.
—seems to ring a bell—been several years since I read the book—need to get it and re-read-—
Illegals are also the cause of Climate Change and the decline in the honeybee population. I wouldn’t be surprised if there was a link between the increase in illegals and the problems with Bruce Jenner.
I think we better just let it dry out...
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Statistics prove it. When there were fewer illegals, Bruce Jenner was a man. Quod erat demonstratadum.
They need to learn what repent means and pray God sends them the right amount of rain. Only He can. It’s all about His judgment, not “global warming”.
Lots of water in Lake Tahoe and the trip would be all down hill.
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