Very costly in terms of energy
There are a couple being worked on along the coast - Carlsbad is one opening in 2016 - here is a good article on current progress
http://www.mercurynews.com/science/ci_25859513/nations-largest-ocean-desalination-plant-goes-up-near
There's a pilot plant that did some research in Long Beach in conjunction with energy production since the temp of the water is already raised some - http://www.lbwater.org/long-beach-seawater-desalination - it closed after the federal funding for the research ended - here's a current news story on that
http://www.presstelegram.com/environment-and-nature/20140624/long-beach-desalination-plant-cleaned-300000-gallons-of-water-daily-using-new-method
Canie
At 12:47 PM 8/20/2014, you wrote:
Why don't they put in some water filter plants and use ocean water..There is plenty of it close by..
Othere countries have done it..
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