The long-delayed restoration of the Salton Sea, the large, ultra-briny California lake almost universally described as an “environmental disaster,’’ could be starting to finally get its sea legs. … Now a combination of factors, including the presence of vast deposits of lithium about a mile under the Salton Sea’s bottom, might provide enough impetus for a major reclamation project that is certain to cost several billions of dollars. Last fall Gov. Gavin Newsom signed a bill creating a conservancy to manage efforts to rehabilitate the lake and minimize its health impacts, and the state followed by assigning $480 million – more than half of it from the federal Inflation Reduction Act – to the project.

Other Salton Sea news:

• University of Southern California: Blog: Powering up Lithium Valley
• Daily Mail (London): California’s troubled lake, the Salton Sea, faces a race against time after $540billion discovery found there​