POSTER TEMPLATE BY: www.PosterPresentations.com Saving the Salton Sea: Alternatives to Reduce Harmful Pollutants Kira Tipotsch, Department of Biological Sciences, College of Arts and Sciences, and Honors College Thomas La Point, Department of Biological Sciences, College of Arts and Sciences History The Salton Sea was formed in 1905 as an essentially freshwater lake when an unintentional levee break along the Colorado River caused overflow to enter its closed basin for 18 months until the levee was repaired (de Buys and Myers, 1999).
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