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Originally Posted by JSH
Two basic reasons:
1. California has destroyed a lot of their other wetlands so the Salton Sea is important for migratory birds
2. If you let it dry up the surrounding area and beyond get hit with toxic dust storms.
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The ease of digging an aqueduct from the ocean to the below sea level Salton is far more simplistic than the dyke system in Louisiana,
Even though it’s simple in Engineering terms lots of rich not in my back yard individuals live within driving distance and would block and sue
Diverting ocean water there would have a multitude of environmental benefits and like the Dead Sea Would concentrate various valuable materials that could then be extracted.
Too bad you can’t immenint domain rich people, could save the area at much lower cost and effort than most engineering projects let alone the cost of a superfund sight.