Bruchard Road
Project Overview
Basics
Bruchard Road
Completed
The Bruchard Road Dust Suppression Project is the first completed dust suppression project under the state’s 10-year plan to improve air quality and provide critical habitat for birds at the Salton Sea. The 112-acre project was completed in early 2020. The project included installation of furrows, or trenches, on the surface of exposed lakebed. These furrows were constructed perpendicular to the direction of high winds, leaving the ground surface resembling a ruffled potato chip. As wind sweeps over the ground, the furrows slow down the wind and significantly reduce the amount of dust released into the air.
2019
2020
2020
4/30/2025
Project Attributes
Purpose & Goals
Purpose & Goals
This project was constructed to reduce dust emissions until the Species Conservation Habitat Project is constructed.
Schedule Status
Design
Complete
Land & Water Rights
Complete
Environmental
Complete
Construction
Complete
Notes about Status
This project is completed and when the Species Conservation Habitat Project is flooded will replace this interim dust suppression project with fish and wildlife habitat.
Location
Organizations
| Funder | |
| Lead Agency | |
| Lead Implementer |
Contacts
Melinda Dorin - California Department of Water Resources (DWR) (Melinda.Dorin@water.ca.gov)
Activities & Outcomes
Expected Activities & Outcomes
| Dust Suppression Acres Counted Towards SWRCB WR 2017-0134 Target | Type: Interim Dust Suppression | 112 acres |
Reported Activities & Outcomes
| Dust Suppression Acres Counted Towards SWRCB WR 2017-0134 Target | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | 2020 | Units |
| Interim Dust Suppression | 112 | acres |
| Surface Roughening Conducted | ||
|---|---|---|
| 2020 | Units | |
| 112 | acres | |
| Total | 112 | acres |
Program Phases
Program Phases
Benefits
Benefits
Endangered Species
Endangered Species
No Endangered Species set for this Project.
Habitat Types
Habitat Types
No Habitat Types set for this Project.
Project Details
Attachments
Bruchard Road Dust Suppression Project Boundary
- Uploaded On
- 3/27/2025
- File Type
- X-ZIP
- Description
- shapefile for Bruchard Road Dust Suppression Project Boundary
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Ficha Informativa en Español
- Uploaded On
- 7/18/2024
- File Type
- Description
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