>>2788783Lake restoration or dust mitigation would also cost money, whereas the costs of health issues caused by the salt/silt dust are paid by other means. Therefore it costs the people who are letting the lake die (and the people be poisoned by the fine particles so created) nothing to let the lake die and poison the people of the imperial valley, but solving the problem would cost their budget millions of dollars for no return to their department.
Ensuring that nothing gets done and the labor pool for the valley continues to be poisoned by the “””unforseeable””” consequences of their employer’s actions. Act of God, no liability, you understand of course.
