Salton Sea Unit
Northshore of the Salton Sea, Riverside County
The Salton Sea Unit supports the California Natural Resources Agency’s Salton Sea Management Program (SSMP) created by Governor Brown’s Salton Sea Task Force to address the urgent public and ecological health issues resulting from the drying and shrinking of the Salton Sea. The health issues, including hazardous air quality from dust emissions and loss of important wildlife habit, are a result of the farm-to-urban water transfers set in place by a 2003 water rights agreement, called the Quantification Settlement Agreement [QSA]).
While the SSMP is a long-range program, its immediate focus is on the development and implementation of the Phase I: 10-Year Plan. We support the SSMP and the Phase I Plan by providing planning, engineering, and environmental expertise for design and implementation of dust-suppression and habitat projects. The Phase I Plan includes projects that will be completed as early as the end of 2022. Proposition 1 provided $80 million in funding for SSMP implementation.
Map
Map of current Salton Sea Project locations.
Reports & Publications
- Quantification Settlement Agreement (QSA)
- Salton Sea Management Program – Phase I: 10-Year Plan (2017)
- Quality Assurance Quality Control Plan for the Salton Sea Air Monitoring Network (2010)
- Review and Recommendations of Methods for Monitoring Desert Pupfish (Cyprinidon macularius) Presence and Abundance
- Salton Sea Ecosystem Monitoring and Assessment Plan
- Full Audit of Salton Sea Restoration Fund
- Audit Fact Sheet of Salton Sea Restoration Fund
Salton Sea Final Programmatic Environmental Impact Report
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PEIR Vol I Chap 1 to 6
Salton Sea Final Programmatic Environmental Impact Report, Volume I, Chapters 1–6 (12.3 Mb)
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PEIR Vol I Chap 7
2007 Salton Sea Final Programmatic Environmental Impact Report, Volume 1, Chapter 7 (21 Mb)
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PEIR Vol I Chap 8
2007 Salton Sea Final Programmatic Environmental Impact Report, Volume I, Chapter 8 (19 Mb)
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PEIR Vol I Chap 9
2007 Salton Sea Final Programmatic Environmental Impact Report, Volume 1, Chapter 9 (20 Mb)
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PIER Vol II Attach 1 to 9
2007 Salton Sea Programmatic Environmental Impact Report, Volume II, Attachments 1 to 9 (13 Mb)
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PIER Vol II Attach 10 to 14
2007 Salton Sea Final Programmatic Environmental Impact Report, Volume II, Attachments 10–14
Related Pages
Contact Information
CA Department of Water Resources
Integrated Regional Water Management
Salton Sea Unit
901 P Street, Room 411-A
Sacramento, CA 95814
email: SaltonSea@water.ca.gov