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California is building the largest desalination plant in the US.(2015) Is this ready yet ?? https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=10343296 https://news.ycombi

• midnightclubbed 5y ago
  Largest SOLAR desalination plant in the US. The article doesn't seem to list the numbers but this article https://www.businessinsider.com/california-waterfx-solar-desalination-technology-aaron-mandell-2014-3 https://www.businessinsider.com/california-waterfx-solar-des... seems to indicate the next step up from their demo plant was a plant capable of 2M gal/day. Hopefully they are still developing the technology, it seems like it could be a life-changer for small farming communities around the world. By contrast the biggest 'traditional' desalination plant in the US makes 50M gal/day and the biggest plant in the world makes around 260M gal/day (US gallons).