New Yorker - Long, Fascinating Article On The Death Of The Salton Sea

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4. This is one of those rare situations where a big engineering project...

... might improve a place that has been severely damaged by big engineering projects.

The most grandiose schemes would use the basin to "store" electricity by pumping water out of the sea into the ocean when there is a surplus of electricity, and generating electricity by releasing ocean water into the sea.

Such a project might also include large desalinization plants, which would be essentially solar powered.

But doing it in a way that actually enhances the environment is not a trivial task, and would require a great deal of cooperation between the U.S. and Mexico.