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"content": "\u003cp>Massive fish-die offs. Dead birds. A toxic stench.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Bryan Mendez and Olivia Rodriguez are dissatisfied that those sad facts are the only things most Californians ever hear about the Salton Sea, one of the largest inland seas in the world.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We’ve heard on and on about the birds, the fish, they’re dying. We know that,” says Rodriguez. “How do we transform this narrative, to show there’s also a community of people here?”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3eo-Ef5m6zo\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Rodriguez, 25, and and Mendez, 24, have made a film together about the Salton Sea with the goal of amplifying the voices of local residents, and young people, in conjunction with \u003ca href=\"http://coachellaunincorporated.org/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Coachella Unincorporated\u003c/a>, a local youth journalism outlet.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We really wanted to highlight the strength of our community, the beauty of our community,” says Rodriguez. “We know the sea is dying, but there’s so much around it that’s alive.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11739110\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-11739110 size-medium\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/04/RS36452_abandon-houses-by-the-shores-of-the-Salton-Sea-qut-800x531.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"531\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/04/RS36452_abandon-houses-by-the-shores-of-the-Salton-Sea-qut-800x531.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/04/RS36452_abandon-houses-by-the-shores-of-the-Salton-Sea-qut-160x106.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/04/RS36452_abandon-houses-by-the-shores-of-the-Salton-Sea-qut.jpg 864w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">An abandoned house by the shores of The Salton Sea. \u003ccite>(Courtesy of Bryan Mendez)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The Salton Sea was formed in the early 1900s, when engineers dug irrigation canals from the Colorado River into the Coachella Valley. Though the original purpose was to bring a flow of water for the area’s farming, the poorly built canals spilled over, creating the Salton Sea.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In the 1940s and ’50s, the white sand beaches and blue water of the Salton Sea lured more visitors than Yosemite. It was a playground for Hollywood celebrities through the 1960s, including the Rat Pack and the Beach Boys.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h_tOnFhSyXo&t=1s\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But today, the Salton Sea is only an enticing blue from a distance. Up close, it’s murky. Pesticides from nearby farms have poisoned the water. Fresh water from the Colorado River has been diverted elsewhere, to cities and farms. So this huge lake is drying up, exposing more of the white sand beach that, it turns out, isn’t exactly sand.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“If you get real close to it, it’s bones,” says Mendez. “You can imagine how many fishes were here. And there are bird skulls everywhere.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Mendez loves to photograph the weird, crumbling remains of beach shacks, abandoned hotels, and docks where celebrities used to park their yachts.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11737812\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-11737812 size-medium\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/04/RS36320_1.-Bryan-and-Olivia-qut-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/04/RS36320_1.-Bryan-and-Olivia-qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/04/RS36320_1.-Bryan-and-Olivia-qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/04/RS36320_1.-Bryan-and-Olivia-qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/04/RS36320_1.-Bryan-and-Olivia-qut-1200x800.jpg 1200w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/04/RS36320_1.-Bryan-and-Olivia-qut.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Filmmakers Mendez and Rodriguez at The Salton Sea. \u003ccite>(Courtesy of Bryan Mendez)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Mendez and Rodriguez both say that despite the decay, they find beauty here, watching the clouds reflect on the water, looking out at the mountains in the distance.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I always feel at home whenever I’m standing next to the Salton Sea,” says Rodriguez. “I feel this calm, but also, as I look at it, a sense of urgency, like it needs to be taken care of as soon as possible.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Rodriguez worries that strong winds blowing off the sea bring toxic dust from the dried-up seabed to nearby farmworker communities. And she suspects that’s causing health problems.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>She’s not the only one. \u003ca href=\"https://pacinst.org/reports/saltonsea/report.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Studies\u003c/a> have linked the dust storms that blow through the Salton Sea with human health problems. And childhood asthma hospitalization rates in Imperial County, just southeast of the Coachella Valley, are the highest in California.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11739119\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-11739119 size-medium\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/04/RS36454_Dirt-particles-in-the-air-in-known-to-cause-respiratory-health-problems-qut-800x451.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"451\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/04/RS36454_Dirt-particles-in-the-air-in-known-to-cause-respiratory-health-problems-qut-800x451.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/04/RS36454_Dirt-particles-in-the-air-in-known-to-cause-respiratory-health-problems-qut-160x90.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/04/RS36454_Dirt-particles-in-the-air-in-known-to-cause-respiratory-health-problems-qut-1020x575.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/04/RS36454_Dirt-particles-in-the-air-in-known-to-cause-respiratory-health-problems-qut-1200x677.jpg 1200w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/04/RS36454_Dirt-particles-in-the-air-in-known-to-cause-respiratory-health-problems-qut.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Toxic dust blown from the Salton Sea is known to cause human health problems in the surrounding area. \u003ccite>(Courtesy of Bryan Mendez)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Dirt particles in the air are known to cause respiratory health problems. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s life-threatening for some people,” Rodriguez says. “My mom’s already been in the emergency room because of respiratory illnesses.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>A Local Mother Takes Action\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Their film features residents like Conchita Pozar, who say the dust is giving her kids nosebleeds.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>When Rodriguez and Mendez take me to meet her, she’s frantically sweeping dust out of her house.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“When the wind picks up, there’s so much dust we can’t go outside,” she says in Spanish. “But in spring and summer, it all blows in the house when we turn the air conditioning on.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside tag='salton-sea' label='The state of the Salton Sea']\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Scientists don’t know exactly what the dust from the Salton Sea does to human lungs, but many locals, like Pozar, suspect it’s making high asthma rates here even worse.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“This beautiful Salton Sea is dying,” she says. “And as that happens, it’s making people sick.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In December, Pozar’s house became a gathering spot for her neighbors who wanted to take action about environmental issues here. She welcomed a dozen of them to a meeting under the carport next to her house, where she set up folding chairs and brought out bottles of water for everyone.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Pozar told the group a story about traveling a long way to try and speak at a meeting of scientists and policymakers \u003ca href=\"http://resources.ca.gov/salton-sea/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">debating a 10-year plan to help the Salton Sea\u003c/a>. She said she never got her turn to tell them about how the dust blows into her house.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“They didn’t respect my voice,” she said. “Those of us who live here by the sea, we should matter just as much as the people who live in places like Los Angeles. We all matter.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Maybe if I had a doctorate, or maybe, I hate to say it, if I had blue eyes and blonde hair, I would have been treated differently,” she added.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Pozar is Purepecha, an indigenous group from Michoacán, Mexico. The Eastern Coachella Valley is home to one of the largest communities of Purepecha migrants in the U.S.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11737813\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11737813\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/04/RS36344_Tejido-de-Conchita_-qut-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/04/RS36344_Tejido-de-Conchita_-qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/04/RS36344_Tejido-de-Conchita_-qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/04/RS36344_Tejido-de-Conchita_-qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/04/RS36344_Tejido-de-Conchita_-qut-1200x800.jpg 1200w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/04/RS36344_Tejido-de-Conchita_-qut.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The film captures Conchita Pozar teaching traditional Purepecha embroidery to her children and neighbors. \u003ccite>(Courtesy of Bryan Mendez)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“I’m proud to be indigenous,” she says. “And I tell my daughters they should be, too.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Rodriguez and Mendez say lawmakers who come to snap pictures of the sea don’t seem to recognize that people like Pozar live on its shores. Nor, do the people out here who see Coachella as their playground, like the concert-goers who come to the annual festival.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“They took that name Coachella,” says Rodriguez. “They’ve profited so much from this location, from this community, but why don’t they invest some of it back in the community? Why don’t they help address our environmental crisis? ”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>Massive fish-die offs. Dead birds. A toxic stench.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Bryan Mendez and Olivia Rodriguez are dissatisfied that those sad facts are the only things most Californians ever hear about the Salton Sea, one of the largest inland seas in the world.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We’ve heard on and on about the birds, the fish, they’re dying. We know that,” says Rodriguez. “How do we transform this narrative, to show there’s also a community of people here?”\u003c/p>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003cspan class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__embedYoutube'>\n \u003cspan class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__embedYoutubeInside'>\n \u003ciframe\n loading='lazy'\n class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__youtubePlayer'\n type='text/html'\n src='//www.youtube.com/embed/3eo-Ef5m6zo'\n title='//www.youtube.com/embed/3eo-Ef5m6zo'\n allowfullscreen='true'\n style='border:0;'>\u003c/iframe>\n \u003c/span>\n \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003cp>Rodriguez, 25, and and Mendez, 24, have made a film together about the Salton Sea with the goal of amplifying the voices of local residents, and young people, in conjunction with \u003ca href=\"http://coachellaunincorporated.org/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Coachella Unincorporated\u003c/a>, a local youth journalism outlet.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We really wanted to highlight the strength of our community, the beauty of our community,” says Rodriguez. “We know the sea is dying, but there’s so much around it that’s alive.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11739110\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-11739110 size-medium\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/04/RS36452_abandon-houses-by-the-shores-of-the-Salton-Sea-qut-800x531.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"531\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/04/RS36452_abandon-houses-by-the-shores-of-the-Salton-Sea-qut-800x531.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/04/RS36452_abandon-houses-by-the-shores-of-the-Salton-Sea-qut-160x106.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/04/RS36452_abandon-houses-by-the-shores-of-the-Salton-Sea-qut.jpg 864w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">An abandoned house by the shores of The Salton Sea. \u003ccite>(Courtesy of Bryan Mendez)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The Salton Sea was formed in the early 1900s, when engineers dug irrigation canals from the Colorado River into the Coachella Valley. Though the original purpose was to bring a flow of water for the area’s farming, the poorly built canals spilled over, creating the Salton Sea.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In the 1940s and ’50s, the white sand beaches and blue water of the Salton Sea lured more visitors than Yosemite. It was a playground for Hollywood celebrities through the 1960s, including the Rat Pack and the Beach Boys.\u003c/p>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003cspan class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__embedYoutube'>\n \u003cspan class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__embedYoutubeInside'>\n \u003ciframe\n loading='lazy'\n class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__youtubePlayer'\n type='text/html'\n src='//www.youtube.com/embed/h_tOnFhSyXo'\n title='//www.youtube.com/embed/h_tOnFhSyXo'\n allowfullscreen='true'\n style='border:0;'>\u003c/iframe>\n \u003c/span>\n \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003cp>But today, the Salton Sea is only an enticing blue from a distance. Up close, it’s murky. Pesticides from nearby farms have poisoned the water. Fresh water from the Colorado River has been diverted elsewhere, to cities and farms. So this huge lake is drying up, exposing more of the white sand beach that, it turns out, isn’t exactly sand.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“If you get real close to it, it’s bones,” says Mendez. “You can imagine how many fishes were here. And there are bird skulls everywhere.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Mendez loves to photograph the weird, crumbling remains of beach shacks, abandoned hotels, and docks where celebrities used to park their yachts.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11737812\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-11737812 size-medium\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/04/RS36320_1.-Bryan-and-Olivia-qut-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/04/RS36320_1.-Bryan-and-Olivia-qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/04/RS36320_1.-Bryan-and-Olivia-qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/04/RS36320_1.-Bryan-and-Olivia-qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/04/RS36320_1.-Bryan-and-Olivia-qut-1200x800.jpg 1200w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/04/RS36320_1.-Bryan-and-Olivia-qut.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Filmmakers Mendez and Rodriguez at The Salton Sea. \u003ccite>(Courtesy of Bryan Mendez)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Mendez and Rodriguez both say that despite the decay, they find beauty here, watching the clouds reflect on the water, looking out at the mountains in the distance.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I always feel at home whenever I’m standing next to the Salton Sea,” says Rodriguez. “I feel this calm, but also, as I look at it, a sense of urgency, like it needs to be taken care of as soon as possible.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Rodriguez worries that strong winds blowing off the sea bring toxic dust from the dried-up seabed to nearby farmworker communities. And she suspects that’s causing health problems.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>She’s not the only one. \u003ca href=\"https://pacinst.org/reports/saltonsea/report.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Studies\u003c/a> have linked the dust storms that blow through the Salton Sea with human health problems. And childhood asthma hospitalization rates in Imperial County, just southeast of the Coachella Valley, are the highest in California.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11739119\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-11739119 size-medium\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/04/RS36454_Dirt-particles-in-the-air-in-known-to-cause-respiratory-health-problems-qut-800x451.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"451\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/04/RS36454_Dirt-particles-in-the-air-in-known-to-cause-respiratory-health-problems-qut-800x451.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/04/RS36454_Dirt-particles-in-the-air-in-known-to-cause-respiratory-health-problems-qut-160x90.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/04/RS36454_Dirt-particles-in-the-air-in-known-to-cause-respiratory-health-problems-qut-1020x575.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/04/RS36454_Dirt-particles-in-the-air-in-known-to-cause-respiratory-health-problems-qut-1200x677.jpg 1200w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/04/RS36454_Dirt-particles-in-the-air-in-known-to-cause-respiratory-health-problems-qut.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Toxic dust blown from the Salton Sea is known to cause human health problems in the surrounding area. \u003ccite>(Courtesy of Bryan Mendez)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Dirt particles in the air are known to cause respiratory health problems. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s life-threatening for some people,” Rodriguez says. “My mom’s already been in the emergency room because of respiratory illnesses.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>A Local Mother Takes Action\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Their film features residents like Conchita Pozar, who say the dust is giving her kids nosebleeds.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>When Rodriguez and Mendez take me to meet her, she’s frantically sweeping dust out of her house.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“When the wind picks up, there’s so much dust we can’t go outside,” she says in Spanish. “But in spring and summer, it all blows in the house when we turn the air conditioning on.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cp>Thousands of birds were discovered dead at the Salton Sea last month, raising new concerns about the lake's declining health.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>California Department of Fish and Wildlife workers cleaned up the carcasses at the \u003ca href=\"https://www.fws.gov/refuge/sonny_bono_salton_sea/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Sonny Bono Salton Sea National Wildlife Refuge\u003c/a> after hunters initially reported the gruesome bird die-off. More than 400 species of birds use the Salton Sea’s wetlands as a stop along the Pacific flyway for migratory birds.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The man-made Salton Sea is receiving less and less water from agricultural runoff and the Colorado River, causing it to shrink dramatically. Andrea Jones, director of \u003ca href=\"http://ca.audubon.org/internal-tagging/bird-conservation?page=86\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">bird conservation for Audubon California, \u003c/a>said the birds fell victim to avian cholera, a contagious disease, due to overcrowding.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11725419\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"max-width: 450px\">\u003cimg src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/02/snowgooseSM.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"450\" height=\"350\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11725419\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/02/snowgooseSM.jpg 450w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/02/snowgooseSM-160x124.jpg 160w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A dead snow goose at the Sonny Bono Salton Sea Wildlife Refuge.\u003cbr> \u003ccite>(greetingsfromthesaltonsea.com)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“Thousands of birds died in a couple-week stretch from a disease that is not entirely uncommon for birds, particularly ducks or geese when they crowd into situations instead of having a lot of habitat,” Jones said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The shrinking sea leaves less habitat for migratory birds, which leads to them being concentrated in small areas, according to Tim Krantz, a professor of environmental studies at the University of Redlands and a renowned expert on the Salton Sea.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“If there are some diseased individuals and then they get concentrated just beak-to-beak, wing-to-wing, they're so crowded on the fields and then the water, at the south end particularly, then that is the place where the contagion is going to manifest itself,” Krantz said.\u003cbr>\n[ad fullwidth]\u003cbr>\nBut that’s not the only way birds are being affected by the lake’s decline. The lake has become saltier as it’s shrunk, killing off nearly every species of fish that migratory birds rely on for food.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“There's still some tilapia out there, even those are not reproductive anymore,” Krantz said. “So a couple more years, there will be no fish in the sea.”\u003c/p>\n\u003caside class=\"alignright\">\n\u003ch3>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/trulyca/57/plagues-and-pleasures-on-the-salton-sea\">Video: Plagues and Pleasures on the Salton Sea\u003c/a>\u003c/h3>\n\u003cfigure>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/trulyca/57/plagues-and-pleasures-on-the-salton-sea\">\u003cimg>\u003c/a>\u003c/figure>\n\u003c/aside>\n\u003cp>And the lake’s shrinking isn’t just bad for birds — it’s also bad for humans. As the lake shrinks and more lakebed is exposed, the salts that were in the water go into the air. They’re then breathed in by humans.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“These are super-fine silts, two millionths of a meter, two microns in size, I can get a hundred in the width of a human hair,” Krantz said. “If you breathe these sediments into these lungs you can't cough them out, they're too small — they'll profuse directly through your lung tissue into your bloodstream, carrying with them the minerals that are attached to them ... arsenic, selenium, cadmium, bad stuff.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It could lead to a public health disaster as more of the lakebed is exposed. The bird die-off is a sign that the state needs to address the issue of the Salton Sea immediately, according to Jones.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We knew something like this could happen, and it's a call to action to the state to get the habitats built, that they are in the process of designing at the Salton Sea,” Jones said. “We need to get the word out that both for the health of the birds and for the health of the people in the region, we need to do something about the Salton Sea as quickly as possible.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cbr>\nBut that’s not the only way birds are being affected by the lake’s decline. The lake has become saltier as it’s shrunk, killing off nearly every species of fish that migratory birds rely on for food.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“There's still some tilapia out there, even those are not reproductive anymore,” Krantz said. “So a couple more years, there will be no fish in the sea.”\u003c/p>\n\u003caside class=\"alignright\">\n\u003ch3>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/trulyca/57/plagues-and-pleasures-on-the-salton-sea\">Video: Plagues and Pleasures on the Salton Sea\u003c/a>\u003c/h3>\n\u003cfigure>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/trulyca/57/plagues-and-pleasures-on-the-salton-sea\">\u003cimg>\u003c/a>\u003c/figure>\n\u003c/aside>\n\u003cp>And the lake’s shrinking isn’t just bad for birds — it’s also bad for humans. As the lake shrinks and more lakebed is exposed, the salts that were in the water go into the air. They’re then breathed in by humans.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“These are super-fine silts, two millionths of a meter, two microns in size, I can get a hundred in the width of a human hair,” Krantz said. “If you breathe these sediments into these lungs you can't cough them out, they're too small — they'll profuse directly through your lung tissue into your bloodstream, carrying with them the minerals that are attached to them ... arsenic, selenium, cadmium, bad stuff.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It could lead to a public health disaster as more of the lakebed is exposed. The bird die-off is a sign that the state needs to address the issue of the Salton Sea immediately, according to Jones.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We knew something like this could happen, and it's a call to action to the state to get the habitats built, that they are in the process of designing at the Salton Sea,” Jones said. “We need to get the word out that both for the health of the birds and for the health of the people in the region, we need to do something about the Salton Sea as quickly as possible.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003c/div>\u003c/p>",
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"content": "\u003cp>California’s largest lake, the Salton Sea, is an accident. It was created in 1905 when a levee broke on an irrigation canal, flooding a giant desert playa. Today it has become a sticking point in \u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/science/2016/11/16/drought-on-colorado-river-sparks-revolutionary-idea-sharing-water/\">negotiations between three states\u003c/a> over the future of the Colorado River.\u003c/p>\n\u003caside class=\"pullquote alignright\"> The Salton Sea now is a major stopover for birds on the Pacific Flyway. A total of 424 bird species have been observed on the Salton Sea so far.\u003c/aside>\n\u003cp>The three states – California, Arizona and Nevada – are in the midst of negotiating a \u003ca href=\"http://www.cap-az.com/departments/planning/colorado-river-programs/drought-contingency\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">drought contingency plan\u003c/a> (DCP). It would commit each state to reducing diversions from the Colorado River in order to prevent Lake Mead from shrinking to disastrously low levels.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>California is relying on \u003ca href=\"http://www.iid.com/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Imperial Irrigation District\u003c/a> to make a significant contribution, because it is the largest single diverter of Colorado River water. But if the district reduces its diversions, that will mean less farm runoff draining into the \u003ca href=\"http://saltonsea.ca.gov/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Salton Sea\u003c/a>. This means the sea will shrink, causing a cascade of ecological problems for which the district is partly liable.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>To help us understand all this, Water Deeply recently spoke with Michael Cohen, a senior research associate at the \u003ca href=\"http://pacinst.org/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Pacific Institute\u003c/a>, a water policy think-tank based in Oakland. Cohen specializes in Salton Sea and Colorado River issues.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_1642517\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/science/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/05/Cohen-800x561.jpeg\" alt=\"Michael Cohen of the Pacific Institute\" width=\"800\" height=\"561\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1642517\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/05/Cohen-800x561.jpeg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/05/Cohen-160x112.jpeg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/05/Cohen-768x538.jpeg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/05/Cohen-240x168.jpeg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/05/Cohen-375x263.jpeg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/05/Cohen-520x364.jpeg 520w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/05/Cohen.jpeg 812w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Michael Cohen of the Pacific Institute studies the Salton Sea and its implications for water management in the Colorado River system. \u003ccite>(Michael Cohen)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Water Deeply: Why is the drought contingency plan (DCP) important?\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Michael Cohen: The DCP is important because, essentially, the Colorado River is over-allocated. Particularly in the lower basin, they have what’s called a structural deficit: In normal years, 1.2 million acre-feet [1.5 billion cubic meters] more water flows out of Lake Mead than flows in. So Lake Mead drops by roughly 12ft [3.6m] per year.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Given that trajectory, it pretty quickly reaches dead pool, meaning there’s no water left in Mead, which then means no water for Southern California and the Central Arizona Project, and 90 percent of the Las Vegas metro area’s water supply dries up. So you’re talking about 30 million people who depend on Lake Mead. Not to mention 1 million acres [400,000 hectares] of irrigated land. And it’s a major hydropower producer.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Lake Mead is pretty critical to the Southwest generally. They’re trying with the DCP to avert this structural deficit and reduce the amount of water we’re taking out of Mead, to get it closer into balance with actual supply.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Water Deeply: How is the Salton Sea connected to these negotiations?\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Cohen: The DCP is connected to the Salton Sea because the plan expects that Imperial Irrigation District (IID) would take less water from the Colorado River. When Lake Mead drops to elevation 1,045, California is expected to reduce its take from the Colorado River, for the first time, by 200,000 acre-feet [250 million cubic meters]. In the most recent DCP terms I saw, Imperial Irrigation District would provide 60 percent of that reduction, so IID would reduce its take of the river by 120,000 acre-feet [150 million cubic meters].\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Water Deeply: Can the DCP proceed without Imperial Irrigation District?\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Cohen: In theory it could, because the other California parties, the largest being Metropolitan Water District of Southern California, could say they’ll step up and meet California’s obligations. But in practice, Met is less likely to forego that amount of water.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>IID has certainly stated they need some assurances on the Salton Sea before they move forward on the DCP. They’re a key player. Without IID, California can’t meet its DCP obligations. A 200,000–350,000 acre-foot [250–430 million cubic meters] reduction is counting on IID participation.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Water Deeply: What effect does this have on the Salton Sea?\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_1642516\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/science/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/05/CO-River-Basin-800x601.jpg\" alt=\"A map shows the location of the Salton Sea and the Colorado River Basin.\" width=\"800\" height=\"601\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1642516\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/05/CO-River-Basin-800x601.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/05/CO-River-Basin-160x120.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/05/CO-River-Basin-768x577.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/05/CO-River-Basin-1020x766.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/05/CO-River-Basin-1180x887.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/05/CO-River-Basin-960x721.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/05/CO-River-Basin-240x180.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/05/CO-River-Basin-375x282.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/05/CO-River-Basin-520x391.jpg 520w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/05/CO-River-Basin.jpg 1400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A map shows the location of the Salton Sea and the Colorado River Basin. \u003ccite>(Central Basin Water District)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Cohen: Somewhere in the order of 85 percent of the water flowing to the Salton Sea comes from the Imperial Valley. Essentially, it’s surface water and tile drainage from farm fields. As IID takes less water from the Colorado River, that means less water flows to the Salton Sea. Because the Salton Sea is a terminal lake, when less water flows in, the Salton Sea shrinks.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>So the concern is that, because of the DCP, the Salton Sea would be smaller than it would be otherwise. As the sea shrinks, some of that land is exposed, and dust blows off that land.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Under existing regulations of the local air district, the landowner is responsible for dust that’s emitted off lands in the Imperial Valley. IID is a major landowner, particularly at the southern end of the Salton Sea, and IID is liable for a lot of the dust getting blown off the Salton Sea. So as the sea shrinks, it represents a direct cost to IID. That’s the crux of it.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Under the \u003ca href=\"http://www.sdcwa.org/quantification-settlement-agreement\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Quantification Settlement Agreement (QSA)\u003c/a> of 2003 (a water transfer from IID to San Diego), there was an agreement that said as the Salton Sea shrinks, essentially the state of California backstops liability or mitigation requirements.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The QSA parties – Imperial Irrigation District, San Diego County Water Authority and Coachella Valley Water District – have met their responsibility to pay into a mitigation fund. But they capped it because they didn’t know what the total cost would be, although they knew it would be huge. So the state of California said, “We will assume liability for costs that exceed the costs these parties agreed to.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>IID has put the state on notice that it hasn’t lived up to its part of the deal, which is to put together a mitigation plan to deal with the Salton Sea as it shrinks. And now there are negotiations over the DCP, which is essentially going to exacerbate the situation.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Water Deeply: Has there been any progress on that state’s mitigation plan?\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Cohen: The state came out [in March] with what they’re calling a “\u003ca href=\"http://resources.ca.gov/salton-sea/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">draft 10-year plan for the Salton Sea.\u003c/a>” The QSA allowed 15 years to come up with a plan, and it said in the interim we’re going to require IID to deliver mitigation water to offset the impacts of the transfer to San Diego.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But this is the 15th year. So at the end of this year, that requirement goes away. And next year, the Salton Sea is going to start dropping very rapidly because it will no longer get that mitigation water from IID. All of a sudden, it’s going to receive 10–15 percent less water. So, essentially, it’s going over a cliff. IID is seeing this and saying, “Hold on, we need to deal with this problem before we move on to the DCP.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The state really needed to do this plan five-plus years ago so these projects were being implemented now.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Water Deeply: Why is it a problem if the Salton Sea shrinks?\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Cohen: There are two main challenges. One is that it exposes lakebed, which creates dust, and that’s a major public health threat. The Imperial and Coachella valleys already fail to meet air-quality requirements, and asthma rates are already higher than the state average. So, your baseline is an already-bad air-quality situation, which is going to be exacerbated as the Salton Sea shrinks and more dust blows off that lakebed.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The next concern is that as the Salton Sea shrinks, it gets much saltier and other water-quality parameters also decline. Which means that, first, the fish die off. That’s already started to happen. Then a lot of the food sources for the birds die off.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Salton Sea now is a major stopover for birds on the Pacific Flyway. A total of 424 bird species have been observed on the Salton Sea so far. And of course, in California there are far fewer wetlands than there were historically. We’ve dried up 90–95 percent of the wetlands in California. So these migratory birds have far fewer places to rest and refuel. The Salton Sea has filled that niche. As water quality continues to degrade, it’s no longer going to be able to provide that function.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Water Deeply: Will the state’s 10-year plan satisfy IID?\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Cohen: I think that remains to be seen. IID was not satisfied with the draft they saw last December. But my hope is that California takes those concerns into consideration and redrafts the plan to meet those concerns.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Water Deeply: What are the restoration costs at the Salton Sea?\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Cohen: We don’t know what the total cost is because it depends how much is dedicated to water quality versus air quality and how they allocate those costs. Odds are, we’re looking at $1 billion-plus.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But one of the benefits of the Salton Sea is we don’t need to pay for everything at once. Those projects can be phased in over time so you can pay for them over time. You can just build them as the sea recedes and you get benefits as you go.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>I’m hopeful that the pieces are starting to line up and we can start to see some progress. I think the governor is paying attention to this, the legislature is paying more attention. It’s a little late, but I think there’s still an opportunity to make a real difference.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In some respects, dramatic change is inevitable at the Salton Sea. Essentially, what we’re going to shift from is a Salton Sea people recognize now to a very different, very managed system. But this managed system can still provide a lot of benefits. It could still be a very functional ecosystem.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>This article originally appeared on \u003ca href=\"https://www.newsdeeply.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Water Deeply\u003c/a>, and you can find it \u003ca href=\"https://www.newsdeeply.com/water/community/2017/05/16/how-the-colorado-rivers-future-depends-on-the-salton-sea\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">here\u003c/a>. For important news about the California drought, you can \u003ca href=\"http://waterdeeply.us5.list-manage.com/subscribe?u=8b78e9a34ff7443ec1e8c62c6&id=2947becb78\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">sign up\u003c/a> to the Water Deeply email list.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>California’s largest lake, the Salton Sea, is an accident. It was created in 1905 when a levee broke on an irrigation canal, flooding a giant desert playa. Today it has become a sticking point in \u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/science/2016/11/16/drought-on-colorado-river-sparks-revolutionary-idea-sharing-water/\">negotiations between three states\u003c/a> over the future of the Colorado River.\u003c/p>\n\u003caside class=\"pullquote alignright\"> The Salton Sea now is a major stopover for birds on the Pacific Flyway. A total of 424 bird species have been observed on the Salton Sea so far.\u003c/aside>\n\u003cp>The three states – California, Arizona and Nevada – are in the midst of negotiating a \u003ca href=\"http://www.cap-az.com/departments/planning/colorado-river-programs/drought-contingency\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">drought contingency plan\u003c/a> (DCP). It would commit each state to reducing diversions from the Colorado River in order to prevent Lake Mead from shrinking to disastrously low levels.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>California is relying on \u003ca href=\"http://www.iid.com/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Imperial Irrigation District\u003c/a> to make a significant contribution, because it is the largest single diverter of Colorado River water. But if the district reduces its diversions, that will mean less farm runoff draining into the \u003ca href=\"http://saltonsea.ca.gov/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Salton Sea\u003c/a>. This means the sea will shrink, causing a cascade of ecological problems for which the district is partly liable.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>To help us understand all this, Water Deeply recently spoke with Michael Cohen, a senior research associate at the \u003ca href=\"http://pacinst.org/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Pacific Institute\u003c/a>, a water policy think-tank based in Oakland. Cohen specializes in Salton Sea and Colorado River issues.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_1642517\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/science/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/05/Cohen-800x561.jpeg\" alt=\"Michael Cohen of the Pacific Institute\" width=\"800\" height=\"561\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1642517\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/05/Cohen-800x561.jpeg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/05/Cohen-160x112.jpeg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/05/Cohen-768x538.jpeg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/05/Cohen-240x168.jpeg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/05/Cohen-375x263.jpeg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/05/Cohen-520x364.jpeg 520w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/05/Cohen.jpeg 812w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Michael Cohen of the Pacific Institute studies the Salton Sea and its implications for water management in the Colorado River system. \u003ccite>(Michael Cohen)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Water Deeply: Why is the drought contingency plan (DCP) important?\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Michael Cohen: The DCP is important because, essentially, the Colorado River is over-allocated. Particularly in the lower basin, they have what’s called a structural deficit: In normal years, 1.2 million acre-feet [1.5 billion cubic meters] more water flows out of Lake Mead than flows in. So Lake Mead drops by roughly 12ft [3.6m] per year.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Given that trajectory, it pretty quickly reaches dead pool, meaning there’s no water left in Mead, which then means no water for Southern California and the Central Arizona Project, and 90 percent of the Las Vegas metro area’s water supply dries up. So you’re talking about 30 million people who depend on Lake Mead. Not to mention 1 million acres [400,000 hectares] of irrigated land. And it’s a major hydropower producer.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Lake Mead is pretty critical to the Southwest generally. They’re trying with the DCP to avert this structural deficit and reduce the amount of water we’re taking out of Mead, to get it closer into balance with actual supply.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Water Deeply: How is the Salton Sea connected to these negotiations?\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Cohen: The DCP is connected to the Salton Sea because the plan expects that Imperial Irrigation District (IID) would take less water from the Colorado River. When Lake Mead drops to elevation 1,045, California is expected to reduce its take from the Colorado River, for the first time, by 200,000 acre-feet [250 million cubic meters]. In the most recent DCP terms I saw, Imperial Irrigation District would provide 60 percent of that reduction, so IID would reduce its take of the river by 120,000 acre-feet [150 million cubic meters].\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Water Deeply: Can the DCP proceed without Imperial Irrigation District?\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Cohen: In theory it could, because the other California parties, the largest being Metropolitan Water District of Southern California, could say they’ll step up and meet California’s obligations. But in practice, Met is less likely to forego that amount of water.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>IID has certainly stated they need some assurances on the Salton Sea before they move forward on the DCP. They’re a key player. Without IID, California can’t meet its DCP obligations. A 200,000–350,000 acre-foot [250–430 million cubic meters] reduction is counting on IID participation.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Water Deeply: What effect does this have on the Salton Sea?\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_1642516\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/science/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/05/CO-River-Basin-800x601.jpg\" alt=\"A map shows the location of the Salton Sea and the Colorado River Basin.\" width=\"800\" height=\"601\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1642516\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/05/CO-River-Basin-800x601.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/05/CO-River-Basin-160x120.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/05/CO-River-Basin-768x577.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/05/CO-River-Basin-1020x766.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/05/CO-River-Basin-1180x887.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/05/CO-River-Basin-960x721.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/05/CO-River-Basin-240x180.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/05/CO-River-Basin-375x282.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/05/CO-River-Basin-520x391.jpg 520w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/05/CO-River-Basin.jpg 1400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A map shows the location of the Salton Sea and the Colorado River Basin. \u003ccite>(Central Basin Water District)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Cohen: Somewhere in the order of 85 percent of the water flowing to the Salton Sea comes from the Imperial Valley. Essentially, it’s surface water and tile drainage from farm fields. As IID takes less water from the Colorado River, that means less water flows to the Salton Sea. Because the Salton Sea is a terminal lake, when less water flows in, the Salton Sea shrinks.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>So the concern is that, because of the DCP, the Salton Sea would be smaller than it would be otherwise. As the sea shrinks, some of that land is exposed, and dust blows off that land.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Under existing regulations of the local air district, the landowner is responsible for dust that’s emitted off lands in the Imperial Valley. IID is a major landowner, particularly at the southern end of the Salton Sea, and IID is liable for a lot of the dust getting blown off the Salton Sea. So as the sea shrinks, it represents a direct cost to IID. That’s the crux of it.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Under the \u003ca href=\"http://www.sdcwa.org/quantification-settlement-agreement\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Quantification Settlement Agreement (QSA)\u003c/a> of 2003 (a water transfer from IID to San Diego), there was an agreement that said as the Salton Sea shrinks, essentially the state of California backstops liability or mitigation requirements.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The QSA parties – Imperial Irrigation District, San Diego County Water Authority and Coachella Valley Water District – have met their responsibility to pay into a mitigation fund. But they capped it because they didn’t know what the total cost would be, although they knew it would be huge. So the state of California said, “We will assume liability for costs that exceed the costs these parties agreed to.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>IID has put the state on notice that it hasn’t lived up to its part of the deal, which is to put together a mitigation plan to deal with the Salton Sea as it shrinks. And now there are negotiations over the DCP, which is essentially going to exacerbate the situation.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Water Deeply: Has there been any progress on that state’s mitigation plan?\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Cohen: The state came out [in March] with what they’re calling a “\u003ca href=\"http://resources.ca.gov/salton-sea/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">draft 10-year plan for the Salton Sea.\u003c/a>” The QSA allowed 15 years to come up with a plan, and it said in the interim we’re going to require IID to deliver mitigation water to offset the impacts of the transfer to San Diego.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But this is the 15th year. So at the end of this year, that requirement goes away. And next year, the Salton Sea is going to start dropping very rapidly because it will no longer get that mitigation water from IID. All of a sudden, it’s going to receive 10–15 percent less water. So, essentially, it’s going over a cliff. IID is seeing this and saying, “Hold on, we need to deal with this problem before we move on to the DCP.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The state really needed to do this plan five-plus years ago so these projects were being implemented now.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Water Deeply: Why is it a problem if the Salton Sea shrinks?\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Cohen: There are two main challenges. One is that it exposes lakebed, which creates dust, and that’s a major public health threat. The Imperial and Coachella valleys already fail to meet air-quality requirements, and asthma rates are already higher than the state average. So, your baseline is an already-bad air-quality situation, which is going to be exacerbated as the Salton Sea shrinks and more dust blows off that lakebed.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The next concern is that as the Salton Sea shrinks, it gets much saltier and other water-quality parameters also decline. Which means that, first, the fish die off. That’s already started to happen. Then a lot of the food sources for the birds die off.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Salton Sea now is a major stopover for birds on the Pacific Flyway. A total of 424 bird species have been observed on the Salton Sea so far. And of course, in California there are far fewer wetlands than there were historically. We’ve dried up 90–95 percent of the wetlands in California. So these migratory birds have far fewer places to rest and refuel. The Salton Sea has filled that niche. As water quality continues to degrade, it’s no longer going to be able to provide that function.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Water Deeply: Will the state’s 10-year plan satisfy IID?\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Cohen: I think that remains to be seen. IID was not satisfied with the draft they saw last December. But my hope is that California takes those concerns into consideration and redrafts the plan to meet those concerns.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Water Deeply: What are the restoration costs at the Salton Sea?\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Cohen: We don’t know what the total cost is because it depends how much is dedicated to water quality versus air quality and how they allocate those costs. Odds are, we’re looking at $1 billion-plus.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But one of the benefits of the Salton Sea is we don’t need to pay for everything at once. Those projects can be phased in over time so you can pay for them over time. You can just build them as the sea recedes and you get benefits as you go.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>I’m hopeful that the pieces are starting to line up and we can start to see some progress. I think the governor is paying attention to this, the legislature is paying more attention. It’s a little late, but I think there’s still an opportunity to make a real difference.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In some respects, dramatic change is inevitable at the Salton Sea. Essentially, what we’re going to shift from is a Salton Sea people recognize now to a very different, very managed system. But this managed system can still provide a lot of benefits. It could still be a very functional ecosystem.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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