Salton Sea Public Workshops Announced.SACRAMENTO, Calif. -- The Resources Agency will hold statewide public workshops on the Salton Sea Salton Sea (sôl`tən), saline lake, 370 sq mi (958 sq km), northern part of the Imperial Valley, SE Calif.; 232 ft (71 m) below sea level. Restoration Program on December 4 and 6 in Sacramento, Oakland and San Diego San Diego (săn dēā`gō), city (1990 pop. 1,110,549), seat of San Diego co., S Calif., on San Diego Bay; inc. 1850. San Diego includes the unincorporated communities of La Jolla and Spring Valley. Coronado is across the bay. . The workshops are sponsored by the California Resources Agency The California Resources Agency is a top-level executive branch agency in the state government of California. The institution and jurisdiction of the Resources Agency is provided for in California Government Code sections 12800 and 12805, et seq. , the Department of Water Resources, and the Department of Fish and Game. The state's Draft Programmatic Environmental Impact Report (Draft PEIR PEIR Prince Edward Island Regiment (Canadian Forces Reserve) ), includes eight alternatives for sea rehabilitation and a no action option. The alternatives consider agricultural, recreational and economic issues. A 90-day public comment period is underway and ends January 16, 2007. The Salton Sea is California's largest lake, 25 miles long and 15 miles wide. It is located in Riverside and Imperial counties. It was formed in 1905 after an accidental levee levee (lĕv`ē) [Fr.,=raised], embankment built along a river to prevent flooding by high water. Levees are the oldest and the most extensively used method of flood control. break from the Colorado River Colorado River River, south-central Argentina. Its major headstreams, the Grande and Barrancas rivers, flow southward from the Andes Mountains and meet to form the Colorado near the Chilean border. It flows southeastward across northern Patagonia and the southern Pampas. allowed water to fill a deep desert basin. The sea has gradually become less hospitable as salts that flow into the basin and dissolve have no natural outlet. The sea is 30 percent more saline than the ocean, creating a hostile environment for the wildlife that is dependent on the sea, and the deterioration has also led to poor air and water quality issues. The Executive Summary and Draft PEIR are available on the Salton Sea Web site: www.saltonsea.water.ca.gov Workshop Information: Monday, December 4 Sacramento 9 a.m. - 11 a.m. Resources Building Auditorium 1416 9th Street Monday, December 4 Oakland 6 p.m. - 8 p.m. Oakland Marriott 1001 Broadway Avenue Wednesday, December 6 San Diego 6 p.m. - 8 p.m. San Diego County Water Authority 4677 Overland Avenue The Department of Water Resources operates and maintains the State Water Project, provides dam safety and flood control and inspection services, assists local water districts in water management and water conservation planning, and plans for future statewide water needs. |
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