California Water

Can We Desalinate Water without All the Mess?

July 5, 2023

A new generation of small, modular, mobile, wave-powered devices is looking to tackle desalination’s biggest problems head-on. ~~~

In May 2022, California officials unanimously rejected a plan to build a US $1.4-billion desalination plant in Huntington Beach. The plant, the officials said, would produce costly water and possibly harm the marine environment. The decision wasn’t an outright rejection of desalination, but it did highlight some of the problems that have made desalination an impractical solution to California’s water problems.

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