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So Cal can deff run off desal plants. Esp L.A. and San diego. Phoenix and Vegas might not be a place you want to invest in real estate.
by nickthemagicman 9y ago
So Cal can deff run off desal plants. Esp L.A. and San diego. Phoenix and Vegas might not be a place you want to invest in real estate.
- cr0sh 9y agoArizona actually has a lot of brackish and brine well water that is non-potable. A lot of it is actually in the Gila Bend area, where people have been trying for decades to figure out something to do with it - there used to be a company that grew "desert shrimp" in ponds using the water. Later, during the housing crisis (for some reason) they tried to make a go of growing algae (in cooperation with one of our universities - maybe ASU) in the ponds by piping CO from diesel aeration pumps into the ponds - then harvesting the algae (which were high in lipids) to make biofuel. Ultimately, I don't think either of these panned out, but the water is there.
- nickthemagicman 9y agoThats very optimistic. The gila river is tiny compared to the population of Phoenix. Unless there's more water somewhere I'm missing.