Their new way of doing desal also needs less pre-treatment and chemicals and is ideal for usage in arid areas, exactly where it is needed.
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Desalination and California
As many as twenty desalination plants are planned for California. Sure, the state needs water, lots of it. But desalination is extremely expensive and uses lots of fossil fuels and electricity in the process. Then’s there’s the whole question about the wisdom of dumping all that salt back into the ocean.
A better idea might be [...]
Huge desalination plant ok’ed for California
Yes, California needs more water. So,the largest desalination plant in the northern hemisphere has been approved for Carlsbad, California.
But how feasible is it? Desal requires enormous amounts of energy to operate and dumps the salt back into the ocean, which can’t be healthy for it long-term.
Reclaiming gray water and intelligent conservation would go a long [...]
Water shortages on Rio Grande
The Rio Grande has no excess water left to give, so border cities are looking at desalination.
“The Rio Grande is one of the most stressed river basins in the world and water use is already at its limit,” said Casey Walsh, a water specialist.
El Paso, some experts say, could run out of water by 20 [...]
