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pattydickens t1_j3xbxur wrote

Reply to comment by DeadwoodNative in Northern California sees more rain while the south dries out by bluelotus214

"With all the resources and technology and brain power" they should have been building desalination plants for the last 20 years.

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DeadwoodNative t1_j3xpoxo wrote

Totally agree 100% They def dropped the ball there. Guessing some of it was ‘NIMBY’. Know the costs were gonna be ridiculous. That is def one area CA needs to pull there head out and deregulate a bit. Maher had a horror story of like 4 yrs to get his solar plans approved and built. There was a big story of proposals to build temp transitional housing to ease homeless fiasco, and it was like the price of a luxury apt per unit. Come fucking on! I’ve also heard disposal of salt byproduct would be a nightmare. Almost seems harnessing their reappearing ‘atmospheric river’ would be just as ‘easy’

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kazyllis t1_j3xszkj wrote

We built a desal plant in San Diego. It cost a ton of money and only gives us 10% of our daily water usage, while being criticized by environmental groups because it impacts the ocean life. Still glad we have it but it would take a lost of these plants to support SD, and 4 times that amount to support LA.

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