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>What will it take to bring this kind of technology to Southern California? San Diego county is already getting a desalination plant in Carlsbad, although it's
by jallmann 11y ago
>What will it take to bring this kind of technology to Southern California?
San Diego county is already getting a desalination plant in Carlsbad, although it's projected to cost more, for much less water: $530 million for ~18 billion gallons a year. No idea why it's so expensive.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carlsbad_desalination_plant http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carlsbad_desalination_plant
- woah 11y agoWhy did the bay bridge cost such an exorbitant amount, for a very simple structure that is now falling apart? Same reason probably.
- OrwellianChild 11y agoGreat benchmark for California... Actually, it looks like the project is closer to $780 million for the plant (not sure why the Wikipedia summary is off). [1] Central question is, can the Sorek method/scale be implemented in SoCal to get better results? Can it be run on integrated solar or other renewables? [1] http://carlsbaddesal.com/carlsbad-final-schedule-taking-shape http://carlsbaddesal.com/carlsbad-final-schedule-taking-shap...