I would say that housing availability, inadequate services, pollution and migration from rural areas all present challenges to the regional urban areas but not reduced population. If there is migration to the cities then these above three problems must be dealt with to accommodate the new citizens.
This is an endocrine basin in the death valley of California and is noted as the lowest point in the north America and is has a depth of 282 feet below the sea level. This site itself consists of a pool of bad water and is next to the road in the sink and has accumulated slats that surround the basin and is thus is undrinkable and thus has got this name.