Slow-Moving Spring Threatens Imperial Valley Infrastructure
A mud spring near Salton Sea shifts steadily through dry earth, moving more than 240 feet since a decade ago and inching toward Union Pacific freight tracks, a Kinder Morgan pipeline, Verizon fiber lines, and Highway 111. Officials declare it a slow moving disaster with emergency powers enacted. Trains now progress slowly as UP weighs permanent fixes such as a bypass bridge.
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Muddy Spring Movement Threatens Desert Infrastructure
Imperial County officials report a once slow muddy spring in mudstone moving faster over the past six months and threatening man made infrastructure. Geologists explain the process as underground fluid movement creating carbon dioxide and a rising cavity that forms a surface pit.
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