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Salton Sea problem

Posted by tjefferson85 • 1/22/09 • Subscribe to this Discussion [RSS] • Report This Topic
Topics: California, enviroment, Mexico, new river, pollution, salton sea, salton sink, u.s., wildlife

The Salton Sea is a manmade sea in Southern California. It was formed by heavy rainfall and snowmelt into the Salton Sink, once a salt mining area. Once a resort area first proposed by Sonny Bono, it is now a heavily polluted area and increasing saline levels have killed a large amount of living organisms in and around the lake.

More information located here
www.sci.sdsu.edu/salton/Salton%20Sea%20Description.html
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Salton_Sea

The issue is, since it’s creation in 1905, this sea has become increasingly polluted and the salinity of the water has increased killing more than 7.6 million fish a day. The birdlife that eats the fish from the sea also die from the many diseases carried by the fish. Amazingly Environmentalist and other scientist have largely ignored this potential widespread problem.

Another problem is there isn’t an outlet for the sea, and the highly polluted New River flows from Mexico into this sea.
More on the New River here
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_River_(Mexico-United_States)

With all of this calamity of pollution and neglect of potential problems it is a disaster waiting to happen

What are your thoughts on this? Have there been any resolutions or bills enacted to combat this problem?

User Comments

1/22/09

tjefferson85

Hmmm

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1/22/09

harveyavatar

Thanks for pointing this out. Maybe orgonite would help.

www.whale.to/b/orgonite.html

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1/22/09

busylizzy

Oh, wow! My grandparents used to vacation there. Grandpa was a big time fisherman. Too bad things are going downhill. Sounds like the salt problem is one of Mother Nature. All the USA can do is regulate dumping into the river along it's USA banks but not along the Mexican side. Sounds like the sea is Mexico's toilet!

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1. 1/22/09
  
  tjefferson85
  
  Raw sewage and agricultural waste from Mexico combined with Industrial and chemical waste from the U.S. makes the New River one of, if not the most polluted River in the U.S.
2. 1/22/09
  
  busylizzy
  
  Thanks for more info.
  
  Can we dam the river so it flows back into Mexico? But then again the Salton Sea does need as much water as it can get to stay around as well as dilute the salt.
3. 1/22/09
  
  tjefferson85
  
  The river needs a few treatment plants and the Salton Sea has no outlet. If it had an outlet, that water could potentially harm other enviroments, cities, etc. If you look at the pictures of the dead fish lining the coast of the sea, it would raise a little concern. What if one of the birds was bite by a dog or some insect and that carrier spread the disease to humans or other animals outside of that area. That's what i am concerned about!
1/22/09

sensico

cool I might blog about this either tonight or tomorrow...*bookmarking thread*

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1. 1/22/09
  
  tjefferson85
  
  Thanks sensico, it's needs attention, because enviromentalist are neglecting this problem.