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U.S.-Mexico pipeline fix for Salton Sea reviewed

Posted by: Maven on February 6, 2010 at 7:47 am

salton-sea-5-02-2008From MyDesert.com:

“Salton Sea — A new public-private partnership idea to save the dying Salton Sea puts a new twist on an old idea — bringing water in through a canal from Mexico’s Gulf of California.

The concept, which goes back to the late 1950s, has been dismissed multiple times over the decades as too expensive, too unworkable and too hard to coordinate with disinterested Mexican officials.

But the rising price for water, dropping costs for desalination and the West’s increasingly dire water needs have given the sea restoration concept new legs.

Utility Solutions Group, a water consulting firm based in Reno, Nev., has over the past two years quietly worked with private firms and federal, state and local officials on a “Sea-to-Sea” restoration plan.

The group proposes importing up to 1.5 million acre-feet of sea water per year from the Sea of Cortez in Baja Mexico, using new and existing channels, to serve as a long-term source of water for the Salton Sea. … “

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February 6, 2010 · Filed Under Salton Sea

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One Response to “U.S.-Mexico pipeline fix for Salton Sea reviewed”

  1. Clifford Dove on May 4th, 2010 10:17 am

    To those who read this site:

    Five years back a small consulting firm, CRM, Inc. offered a new look at Sea to Sea as a means to sustain the elevation and salinity of the Salton Sea. This plan was offered for consideration to Bob Filner and Denice Ducheny, since both professed a concern for the rapid deterioration of the Salton Sea.
    Neither Filner or Ducheny did much to further the plan. TYhe plan was submitted to DWR for their consideration and was never heard of again. Not one pertinent question was raised by those obligated to pursue a solution.
    All Sea to Sea plans were dumped into the same “too expensive” category and dismissed from further consideration.

    CRM, Inc. used information provided by some of the best informed firms in the world to budget and no one asked what we thought it would cost. We came to the conclusion that the principals (IID and CVWD) did not want water in the Salton Sea and therefor would push any plan that was dismissible in public or would allow the sea to dry away. I have not encountered any plan that will allow for the stabilization of the Salton Sea other than the CRM, Inc. proposal.

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