Salton Sea Plan Calls for $3.15B Restoration Effort (Bloomberg BNA)
Imperial Irrigation District (IID) and Imperial County have released a $3.1 billion
framework for restoring the Salton Sea and urged the state of California to meet its obligation and join them in implementing the plan “beginning immediately” so as to avoid an environmental catastrophe.
The plan calls for a “smaller but sustainable” Salton Sea that would limit fugitive dust from exposed shoreline, protect the avian Pacific Flyway from collapse and boost economic opportunity in a depressed region through the development of geothermal energy resources around the lake.
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