Salton Sea Management Program Update

Management Program Updates Salton Sea
Management Program Updates Salton Sea

April 8, 2022

REMINDER: Meeting set for Monday on

Water Importation Feasibility Study Screening Report

The Independent Review Panel will present the results of its first review of concepts for water importation that were submitted as part of the State’s 2017 RFI and the Panel’s 2021 RFI. The Screening Report identifies which concepts provided sufficient information to be evaluated and involved importation methods. The Zoom meeting will be hosted by the Independent Review Panel support team on behalf of the Panel. Professor Haddad will also provide an update and overview of the entire Panel process. Spanish interpretation will be provided.
Monday, April 11, 5:30 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. 
Meeting ID: 961 2785 5602
Password: 827894
Visit the University of California Santa Cruz’s Institute for Social Transformation website to view the Salton Sea Independent Review Panel Screening Report:

REMINDER: 2022 Salton Sea Management Program Annual Report Community Workshop Set for Tuesday, April 12

Recently, the Salton Sea Management Program team released its 2022 Annual Report and is inviting community members and all interested parties to a virtual community meeting on Tuesday, April 12 from 6:00 pm to 8:00 pm. The team will provide an in-depth presentation of the 2022 Annual Report and welcome any questions that arise from this presentation. The workshop will be hosted in English with Spanish interpretation.
Tuesday, April 12, 6:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m.
Teleconference Dial in: 888-278-0296  | Access Code: 596019
The SSMP Annual Report is available for review in both English and Spanish at SaltonSea.ca.gov.

State Water Resources Control Board Annual Workshop on the Status of Phase-1 of the Salton Sea Management Program Set for April 20

The State Water Board will hold a hybrid public workshop, in-person at the Cal EPA building in Sacramento and virtually, to receive oral and written comments on the status of the Salton Sea Management Program, including a report from the California Natural Resources Agency pursuant to Water Board Order WR 2017-0134.
A draft agenda is under development and will be posted on the Board’s Salton Sea
website prior to the workshop. The draft agenda will also be released via the Salton Sea
email subscription service. To receive notifications about Salton Sea program activities
by the State Water Board and the Colorado River Basin Regional Water Board, please
subscribe to the email service here:
https://www.waterboards.ca.gov/resources/email_subscriptions/reg7_subscribe.html.
Written comments are due by 12:00 p.m. on April 14, 2022.Written comments are submitted to commentletters@waterboards.ca.gov with the subject line as “Comment Letter: Salton Sea“
To provide verbal comments during the workshop, you need to fill out a virtual speaker card at this link, and a Zoom link and password will be sent to you.
For additional information and updates please visit: https://www.waterboards.ca.gov/waterrights/water_issues/programs/salton_sea

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