In the May/June issue of Western Water magazine, Writer Gary Pitzer explores the challenges and possible future of the Salton Sea in this edition.

The Salton Sea, the shallow, briny inland lake at the southeastern edge of California, is slowly evaporating and becoming more saline. By the end of 2017, the state-mandated obligation for Imperial Irrigation District to provide mitigation water to the sea will end. Without that water, the sea will diminish faster, exposing more playa at a faster rate.

What’s to be done? Pitzer details plans to save the sea before it’s too late.

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