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Imperial Irrigation District backs State’s plan for the Salton Sea

Posted by: Aqua Blog Maven on November 21, 2008 at 10:54 pm

From KXO Radio, news from the Imperial Irrigation District, who up until now, has not backed the state’s restoration plan:

Until this week. IID General Manager Brian Brady said it was time to get on board with efforts to save the dieing Sea. Brady said he had put together a resolution of support for the preferred restoration plan the Directors could back without going back on their concerns. The District refuses to commit to a specific amount of water to be injected into the Salton Sea. The IID stand is that the Salton Sea is an Agriculture sump to collect run-off, in whatever amount that might be.*

Brady also acknowledged that there were factors that made the state’s plan objectionable, changing the plan now would take a lot of time, something that is not on the side of the Imperial & Coachella valleys. More from KXO Radio by clicking here.

*Yes folks, that is officially so, by the way. The Salton Sea was designated an official agricultural sump by order of President Wilson in the 1920’s.

November 21, 2008 · Filed Under Imperial Irrigation District & Imperial Valley, Salton Sea

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