P.O. Box 1160 P.O. Box 5001 330 Golden Shore, Suite 50
818 W. 7th ST., 12th Floor
1416 9th Street, Suite
131
Thermal, CA 92235
Mayor of Cathedral
City
Catheral City, CA 92235
Long Beach, CA 90802
Supervisor Ventura
County
Los Angeles, CA 90017
Ex-Officio
Sacramento, CA 95814
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Note: The following paragraphs are
excerpted from
The
Salton Sea: A Brief Description of Its Current
Condition. About the Salton Sea
Authority The Salton Sea Authority
is a joint powers agency chartered by the State of
California by a Joint Powers Agreement on June 2, 1993 for
the purpose of ensuring continued beneficial uses of the
Salton Sea. The Authority is composed of four local
agencies: A number of federal,
state, and tribal agencies are ex-officio members of the
Authority (See BOARD
OF
DIRECTORS). The Authority was formed
to work with California State agencies, Federal agencies,
and the Republic of Mexico to develop programs that would
continue beneficial use of the Salton Sea. In the agreement,
"beneficial use" includes the primary purpose of the Sea as
a depository for agricultural drainage, storm water, and
wastewater flows; for protection of endangered species,
fisheries, and water fowl; and for recreational
purposes. Since the Authority does
not have staff available to provide technical advice to the
Board of Director's, a Technical Advisory Committee
(TAC)
was established to perform that function. the TAC is
composed of staff from the individual Authority member
agencies who have knowledge of the Sea and have the ability
to work together to address its problems. The Salton Sea Authority
has made a concerted effort to collect all known suggestions
for remediation of the Salton Sea and subjected these
proposals to formal review against specific criteria. as a
result of this effort the Authority has determined that a
within-Sea diked impoundment is the most technically and
financially feasible methosd of improving conditions in the
Sea. The Salton Sea Authority
is also taking concrete steps in preparation for the
detailed planning of a remediation project. (Excerted from The Salton
Sea: A Brief Description of Its Current Condition, and
Potential Remediation Projects - Salton Sea Authority and
The Final Draft Report of the Salton Sea: Alternative
Evaluation-Salton Sea Authority, California State Department
of Water Resources and the Bureau of Reclamation)