IMPERIAL VALLEY, CALIFORNIA, AUGUST 2009: Runoff agricultural waste water contaminated with a high saline and fertilizer content on its way to be dumped in the Salton Sea, Imperial Valley, 6 August 2009. The Imperial Valley is a desert area which controversially uses three quarters of California’s allocated river water for agricultural purposes. The agricultural techniques […]
IMPERIAL VALLEY, CALIFORNIA, AUGUST 2009: Runoff agricultural waste water contaminated with a high saline and fertilizer content on its way to be dumped in the Salton Sea, Imperial Valley, 6 August 2009. The Imperial Valley is a desert area which controversially uses three quarters of California’s allocated river water for agricultural purposes. The agricultural techniques have traditionally been flood and furrow which experts claim waste vast quanties of precious water. Imperial Valley farmers are looking at alternative techniques through which to conserve water supply. (Photo by Brent Stirton/Reportage for Getty Images.)