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Desalination plants a pricey option if drought persists
2014-02-16 15:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Chronicle: As the drought bakes its way toward a fourth year, the state has a string of secret weapons in the works that could supply millions of gallons of new drinking water and help stave off disaster: desalination plants. Seventeen plants are in planning stages along the coast to convert salt water from the ocean or bays, including one near Concord that would serve every major water agency in the Bay Area. That plant is tentatively targeted to open in 2020, but could be kick-started earlier in an...
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