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by zik 1461 days ago
Well that just seems crazy if your state's turning into a desert. What are the arguments against it?
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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.