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Addressing Salinity Issues: The Colorado River's Solutions
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Addressing Salinity Issues: The Colorado River's Solutions
By Robert Marcos, photojournalistGrand Junction, ColoradoA political brouhaha erupted in the early 1960s after the Wellton‑Mohawk irrigation project in Arizona discharged very saline return flows into the Colorado River, which raised salinity at the border from 800 ppm to about 2,700 ppm. In Mexicali Valley farmers said the water was virtually “useless for irrigation purposes,” and had led to widespread crop failure in one of Mexico’s largest an…
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