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by vwoolf 1462 days ago
Also California: "No" to desalination plants: https://www.cnn.com/2022/05/12/us/california-water-desaliniz...
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Well that just seems crazy if your state's turning into a desert. What are the arguments against it?
Well it's in the article:

incredible energy consumption, its impacts on marine life, projected sea-level rise and the cost of the resulting water itself -- with that cost being passed on to customers.

I read another article that phased the commission's argument that water recycling would be cheaper to rate payers and less environmentally destructive.