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California drought renews thirst for desalination plants

2015-04-15 03:40:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Reuters: California's 3-year-old drought has thrust seawater desalination into the spotlight as San Diego County, Santa Barbara and other cities push ahead with treatment plants that will soon turn the Pacific Ocean into a source of drinking water. Desalination has emerged as a newly promising technology in California in the face of a record dry spell that has forced tough new conservation measures, depleted reservoirs and raised the costs of importing fresh water from elsewhere. But experts warn that...

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