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FYI, San Diego has a desalination plant that cost about a billion dollars to build and provides water equivalent to that used by 400,000 homes [1]. The lack of
by mdorazio 2y ago
FYI, San Diego has a desalination plant that cost about a billion dollars to build and provides water equivalent to that used by 400,000 homes [1]. The lack of the San Onofre plant doesn't seem to be a limiting factor.
[1] https://www.sdcwa.org/your-water/local-water-supplies/seawater-desalination/ https://www.sdcwa.org/your-water/local-water-supplies/seawat...
- h335ian 2y agoYup! If memory serves, some of the design was borrowed from the San Onofre plans. Certainly only limiting in terms of volume of desalinated water for Orange County. I believe that was the original intent as San Onofre is nicely situated to serve both counties
- leereeves 2y agoDo these water restrictions apply to desalination? If not, perhaps they'll encourage more desalination.