Category Water

JPL climatologist on California’s future and water

JPL Climatologist Bill Patzert has some fascinating observations about water in California. Here’s a few excerpts. Read the whole interview. In Southern California and L.A., the average rainfall is 15 inches a year. That supplies enough water for about 5…

Desalination, the reasons against it

David Zeitland of Aquanomics explains why desalination is an bad idea and why wastewater treatment is a much better choice. Desalination will always be much more expensive than wasterwater treatment because it is essentially the same process but salt must…