The Salton Sea Must Be Saved. I have a plan to do it. The Imperial Valley is home to most of the 365-square-mile lake. It's the poorest county in the state and also has the highest Asthma rate. If the lake is permitted to dry up, toxic dust storms will envelope the place. Farm run off laced with salt and pesticides have maintained the lake's elevation since the huge flood of 1905 formed in the ancient "SUMP". 

The heroic story of how the last of the pioneers, after 18 months, got the river back in its bed is embellished in a 1911 book by Harold Bell Wright (Ronald Reagan's favorite author ), "The Winning of Barbara Worth".

Today, the 'Sea' has been a critical bird habitat of The Pacific Flyway; all other alternative Wetlands having vanished. Over 400 species stop there each season. The remaining fish is Tilapia, which has adapted to saltier than the Ocean water. Scientists say a little more salt will kill them off. Tomorrow ( Jan 1, 2017 ), An historic Farm-to-San Diego Water Bill goes into effect, thus rendering the lake to dry up.

A 'sea to sea' plan was ruled out in the original Environmental Impact Report because it was thought to be too expensive to do eminent domain to obtain a right-of-way. I say, use the bed of the 67-mile New River to lay a 30-inch pipe from The Gulf of California to the Niland area, where Geothermal energy abounds. Geothermal Desalination is relatively new ( proof of process achieved in 2003 ) and, it's 80% cheaper than traditional Reverse Osmosis. The salt we extract, we sell to Denver. The distilled product is poured into the lake. A healthy, still productive, recreational body that will have no rotten egg smell.