Opinion: Keeping the Salton Sea from becoming a toxic dust bowl must be an environmental priority [Opinion]
300-plus-square-mile lake in Imperial and Riverside counties was created by Colorado River flooding in 1905-1907, which filled up the below-sea-level Salton Trough.Advertisement. With that megadrought now in its 23rd year, the problems have only grown worse.
This week, the federal government finally began taking this problem seriously, with the Biden administration unveiling a $250 million plan to speed up work on the projects around the sea. The deal resulted from a larger agreement recently reached by the federal government, the Imperial Irrigation District, the California Natural Resources Agency and the Coachella Valley Water District to reduce water diversions from the Colorado River, which itself is at risk of.
Given that the district is the biggest source of water for the San Diego County Water Authority — supplyingof the water it distributes — the agreement would seem to have major implications for the agency and the region.
This amounts to one more testament to how effectively the agency has done its job since making the momentous decision to aggressively pursue new suppliers after being squeezed by the Metropolitan Water District, then its only supplier of significance, during the state’s
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