Tag desalination

Santa Cruz desalination fights highlights the issue

Opponents of desalination in Santa Cruz CA object to an environmental report for a $129 million desal plant. They say water conservation measures and improved water management could hold water consumption at current levels so the plant would not be…

Electricity is a steep 50% of desalination cost

Energy is the biggest cost for desalination plants, sometimes 50%, more than with importing water from elsewhere and much more than wastewater recycling. California has seventeen proposed desalination plants. San Diego has started construction of the biggest desal plant in…