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"Hold the Salt," an honorable mention in Dry Futures Pragmatic category
From Erik Jensen and Richard Crockett's 'Hold the Salt' proposal. CALIFORNIA’S WATER SYSTEM IS IN COLLAPSE. THE DROUGHT HAS EXACERBATED SALINITY INTRUSION INTO THE DELTA, THREATENING THE WATER SUPPLY OF 37 MILLION CALIFORNIANS AND A VAST AGRICULTURAL SYSTEM. ALONG THIS LIMINAL SALINITY BORDER, OIL AND CHEMICAL REFINERIES POLLUTE AND RUST. THIS NETWORK OF DECLINING OIL REFINERIES AND CHEMICAL MANUFACTURING IS ILLSUITED TO THE GROWING URBAN REGION BUT IS PROXIMAL TO THE BOTTLENECK OF THIS COMPLEX SYSTEM. THE POSSIBILITY FOR LARGE SCALE INFRASTRUCTURAL REAPPROPRIATION TO MATCH THE COMPLEX SCALE OF THE PROBLEMS AT HAND EXISTS. WITHIN THIS RHIZOMATIC NETWORK WE SITE OUR PROPOSAL. READ ME. ALGAE PRODUCTION ILLUMINATES A LINEAR PARK. PRODUCING AND CELEBRATING WATER FOR AN ESTUARINE PEOPLE TECHNOLOGY AND LANDSCAPE: PROCESSES BUILT TO CHANGE. REUSING REFINERY SYSTEMS FOR NEW DISPOSITIONS. MASTERPLAN TECHNOLOGY AND LANDSCAPE: PROCESSES BUILT TO CHANGE. USING WETLANDS AS AGGREGATIVE LIVING DIKE ON SITE. NEW VISIONS OF THE DELTA: A CAPPED COKER TOWER REDESIGNED FOR PROSPECT. LOOKING NORTH ACROSS SITE.

CALIFORNIA’S WATER SYSTEM IS IN COLLAPSE. THE DROUGHT HAS EXACERBATED SALINITY INTRUSION INTO THE DELTA, THREATENING THE WATER SUPPLY OF 37 MILLION CALIFORNIANS AND A VAST AGRICULTURAL SYSTEM. ALONG THIS LIMINAL SALINITY BORDER, OIL AND CHEMICAL REFINERIES POLLUTE AND RUST.
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CALIFORNIA’S WATER SYSTEM IS IN COLLAPSE. THE DROUGHT HAS EXACERBATED SALINITY INTRUSION INTO THE DELTA, THREATENING THE WATER SUPPLY OF 37 MILLION CALIFORNIANS AND A VAST AGRICULTURAL SYSTEM. ALONG THIS LIMINAL SALINITY BORDER, OIL AND CHEMICAL REFINERIES POLLUTE AND RUST.