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sdfernando

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4. We have one in northern San Diego County.

Reply to JohnSJ (Reply #2)

Thu Dec 2, 2021, 05:49 PM

Dec 2021

They are expensive to build and maintain...and they have their own host of environmental problems. For instance, increased ocean water salinity around the plant.

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California plans to dramatically curtail water delivery next year to 27 million .... [View all] IcyPeas Dec 2021 OP

It's true that this is not good news, BUT it is reality. CaliforniaPeggy Dec 2021 #1

How about start building desalination plants JohnSJ Dec 2021 #2

Might be a good use of that infrastructure money. TheRealNorth Dec 2021 #3

I think so too JohnSJ Dec 2021 #5

We have one in northern San Diego County. sdfernando Dec 2021 #4

The water produced is too expensive for most agricultural uses... hunter Dec 2021 #6