Salton See - Living or dying

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Salton Sea - Living or Dying The Salton Sea is a naturally recurring salt lake, historically referred as Lake Cahuilla which has been cyclically reconstituted many times by the meandering of the Colorado River. This huge lake; California's largest lake, measuring 15 by 30 miles, and containing over 7.5 million acre-feet of water (Simon 1), shines with its beautiful smooth silver surface in the middle of Imperial Valley's wild desert. Salton Sea is beautiful but it's in a serious …

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…an engineering challenge, but it is a political and financial challenge. Time goes by and nothing gets done because some lobbies try to enforce their own business or just basically make a big money on this holy mission. Let's just hope that finally in January 2001 U.S. Congress will approve one of those projects so it won't be too late for dying Salton Sea for its recovery. Salton Sea - dying or living? Living forever!