Opinion: The Salton Sea 10-year management plan is a waste of time and money
… Perhaps it would be better to develop less water-intensive developments. Recreation is certainly what were known for, but at what cost? Each golf course uses approximately 1,000-acre feet of water yearly (326,000,000 gallons of water). Before the existence of the Salton Sea, the Colorado River created ancient Lake Cahuilla many times over thousands of years, making it the largest fresh water inland lake in California. Now the Salton Sea is on the brink of a health and environmental disaster that will impact all of Southern California. We are currently all affected by the some of the worst air quality in the nation.
—Written by Kerry Berman, interpretive guide, I-naturalist, author of “Enchanted Valley Palm Springs and Beyond”