Bump on this topic:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-BKhVnv7IDw
From what I've learned, the drying up of this lake will expose a lot of toxic material (like aerosols from the 1960's to the chemical fertilizers used by many of the corporate farms). And dust storms will likely spread all of this around California.
Probably a few more years to see this happen, but to the guys and gals in Cali (and well, people around that state as the dust could go anywhere), wanted to bring it up as you'll probably have to pay up some costs when it comes to cleaning up the lake if it's even possible at this point. And it's fascinating to read about Salton Sea in general.
Extra tidbit of info: The sea itself stinks due to all of the pollution and dead fish caused by said pollution, and the worst of it is that the water has no where to drain into since it's a basin. Water goes in and doesn't go out (so think of a sink but always plugged). And hence, any pollution that went in just stayed in there and sank to the bottom. So once it dries up, all the bad stuff is exposed.
