Why Desal Sucks
- California Coastal Commission. 2017. Briefing on Seawater Desalination.
- California Department of Water Resources. 2008. California Desalination Planning Handbook.
- National Research Council. 2008. Desalination: A National Perspective.
- NRDC. 2016. Proceed with Caution II: California's Droughts and Desalination in Context.
- Pacific Institute. 2016. The Cost Of Alternative Water Supply And Efficiency Options In California.
- Pacific Institute. 2013. Key Issues in Seawater Desalination in California: Marine Impacts.
- Pacific Institute. 2006. Desalination, With a Grain of Salt.
- Powers Engineering. 2018. Assessment of Energy Intensity and Greenhouse Emissions of Proposed West Basin Desalination Plant and Water Supply Alternatives.
- UC Davis Center for Water-Energy Efficiency. 2017. California H2Open.
- UCLA Luskin Center for Innovation. 2019. Analyzing Southern California Supply Investments from a Human Right to Water Perspective: The Proposed Poseidon Ocean Water Desalination on Plant in Orange County.
- Water in the West, Stanford University. 2016. Marine and Coastal Impacts on Ocean Desalination in California.
"Desalination should be used as an option of last resort." (CA State Assembly, 2016)
Smarter Options
- American Public Health Association. 2016. Impacts of Urban Water Conservation Strategies on Energy, Greenhouse Gas Emissions, and Health: Southern California as a Case Study.
- American Society of Civil Engineers. 2017. Systems Analysis and Optimization of Local Water Supplies in Los Angeles.
- California State Assembly. 2016. Select Committee Report of March 2016.
- City of Los Angeles. 2015. Sustainable City pLAn.
- NRDC & TreePeople. 2016. Rain to the Rescue: Stormwater's Power to Increase California's Local Water Supply.
- NRDC. 2015. Thirsting for Progress: A Report Card on California’s Response to the Drought.
- NRDC & Pacific Institute. 2014. Stormwater Capture Potential in Urban and Suburban California.
- NRDC & Pacific Institute. 2014. The Untapped Potential of California’s Water Supply: Efficiency, Reuse, and Stormwater.
- NRDC & Pacific Institute. 2014. Urban Water Conservation and Efficiency Potential in California.
- NRDC & Pacific Institute. 2014. Water Reuse Potential in California.
- UCLA. 2018. LA Sustainable Water Project: Los Angeles City-Wide Overview.
- UCLA. 2017. Liquid Gold: Communicating About Stormwater in Los Angeles.