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Tag: Governor Brown

Savior or Albatross?

April 24, 2017 smarterwater

Proposed desalination plant could decrease South Bay’s dependence on imported water, but has raised environmental concerns Ryan McDonald | Easy…

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Filed under: California Drought, Desal, Desalination, Governor Brown, Groundwater, Los Angeles Waterkeeper, Manhattan Beach, Ocean, South Bay, Southern California, Water Policy, Water recycling, West Basin, West Basin Municipal Water District
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Seawater desal is…

“unlikely to be a major part of California’s water supply portfolio due to its high cost of operation, the availability of other sources of water (such as recycled wastewater), its high energy use and the resulting high levels of greenhouse gas emissions, and siting difficulties given the fragility and importance of California’s coastal ecosystems.”  Water in the West, Stanford University, 2016.

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