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Status of Salton Sea subject of seminar

Posted by: Maven on February 13, 2010 at 6:36 am

From the Imperial Valley Press:

“The Salton Sea’s future is unknown, said Al Kalin, a local farmer and lifelong Imperial Valley resident during his presentation Friday at the Salton Sea International Bird Festival.

There is currently no agreed-upon plan to restore the Salton Sea or the funding to do so. This is at a time that the sea continues to shrink exposing more and more playa that adds dust to the air.

The decrease in the water level is causing thousands of acres of playa to be exposed. A decrease of five feet would mean exposing 17,000 acres of playa because of the shallowness of the sea. Thus far the water level has decreased by 3.2 feet, Kalin said.

The playa being exposed causes a white powder high in sodium sulfate to be blown about by the wind. The powder harms human health and burns crops, Kalin said. … “

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February 13, 2010 · Filed Under Salton Sea

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