Can Salton Sea Be Saved?

The clock is ticking on a solution. The California Natural Resources Agency — the lead government entity charged with restoring or mitigating the Salton Sea — owes the state a long-term plan to fix the problem by the end of 2022.

Can the Salton Sea be restored?

With the initiation of the vegetation enhancement projects and the 4,100-acre Species Conservation Habitat (SCH) Project moving forward full steam, nearly 6,000 acres of restoration work is now underway at the Salton Sea with several other projects advancing in 2022, including the North Lake Demonstration Pilot Project ...

Can you fix the Salton Sea?

Though full costs are unknown, fixing the Salton Sea arguably would be the biggest North American water project since the construction of the Hoover Dam in the 1930s.