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hunter

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14. "The Salton Sea has nothing to do with..." well, not yet anyways.

Reply to MineralMan (Reply #10)

Wed Nov 28, 2012, 12:16 PM

Nov 2012

If it gets dry enough it's possible the lakes *could* become closed basins.

That would be unpleasant.

So long as the U.S. economy remains capable, I think the construction of major control structures to regulate lake levels is inevitable.

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