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When the River Meets the Sea
Michael CohenPacific Institute
2019 GWC Summer Conference
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PI background
Pacific Institute
Founded in 1987 and based in Oakland, California, the Pacific Institute is a non-profit research center dedicated to protecting our natural world, encouraging sustainable development, and improving global security.
www.pacinst.org@PacificInstitut
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Overview
Salton Sea progress
The river and the sea
New bargains?
Lasting solutions?
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Submitted Nov. 18, 2014www.waterboards.ca.gov/waterrights/water_issues/programs/salton_sea/
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Estimated Salton Sea Playa Exposure and SWRCB Milestones Over the Next Decade
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Salton Sea Management Needs
Water –
Stakeholder support –
Funding –
Leadership –
Long-term Commitment – X
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Source: CA LAO, 2018. https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3879
$358.7, excluding JPA & federal
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Richard Lui/The Desert Sun
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Reclamation/USGS Saline Habitat Pond
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IID 2003-2018 Water Accounting Summary
• IID-MWD – 1.67 MAF IID-SDCWA – 1.12 MAF• IID-CVWD – 0.30 MAF AAC Lining – 0.68 MAF• ICS – 0.39 MAF
Source: https://www.iid.com/home/showdocument?id=17275
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SS extent
Sea could
recede >5
miles from
2003
shoreline
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Photo courtesy of Norm Niver, Salton City
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Submitted Nov. 18, 2014www.waterboards.ca.gov/waterrights/water_issues/programs/salton_sea/
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“If there is no going forward at the Salton Sea, then IID cannot help at Lake Mead.” - IID
MWD will not move forward on the Colorado River until matters are resolved at the Bay-Delta. MWD’s “conditions preceding”: clear direction from the federal government about the Bay-Delta and, in solidarity with IID, direction from the state and federal governments on the Salton Sea. - MWD
Prior Conditions – CRWUA Dec. 2016
Source: journalofwater.com
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IID DCP WorkshopNov. 14, 2018
http://imperialid.granicus.com/MediaPlayer.php?view_id=9&clip_id=496
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December 10, 2018 Board meeting
Motion carried 4-1
See Board minutes here and video here.
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Exposed Federal:2018: 6190 acres2023: 8880 acres
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Cedric Gilette, Onepointfourphotography
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Al Bello/Getty Images
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image by Birkir Ingibergsson
Mead Storage Opportunities
IID under-runs – 60 KAF/yr
Line East Highline Canal – 100 KAF/yr?
Additional on-farm opportunities?
Total of >200 KAF/yr??
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“Everybody’s issues are real”
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Learning Lessons
Milestones & conditions valuable
Requires political will
IG unlikely until relationships repaired
IG 2.0 should have open process
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Further Reading
resources.ca.gov/salton-sea/
www.waterboards.ca.gov/waterrights/w
ater_issues/programs/salton_sea/
www.iid.com/water/salton-sea-initiative
pacinst.org/issues/salton-sea/
ca.audubon.org/conservation/birds-
salton-sea
www.usbr.gov/lc/region/programs/salton
sea.html