Steve Lopez: Desalination plant company not shy about asking for government handouts
LOS ANGELES — We all know we're in the midst of a terrible drought in California. And we all know we've got an 1,100-mile coastline. Is desalination the answer to our problems? No. It comes after water conservation and recycling, and is just one tool among many that might prevent the state from going dry. But not all desalination plants are created equally, nor do all of them maximize ...
by Steve Lopez, Los Angeles Times
Dec 09, 2021
4 minutes
LOS ANGELES — We all know we're in the midst of a terrible drought in California.
And we all know we've got an 1,100-mile coastline.
Is desalination the answer to our problems?
No. It comes after water conservation and recycling, and is just one tool among many that might prevent the state from going dry.
But not all desalination plants are created equally, nor do all of them maximize environmental protection. And there may be no more controversial project than the one proposed for Huntington Beach.
If we know anything by now about Poseidon Water, whose parent is a Canadian company that controls $650
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