Is desalination the future of drought relief in California?

[Doc7505]

Is desalination the future of drought relief in California?​

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31 Oct 2015

San Diego is set to soon start supplying itself with millions of gallons a day of fresh, drinkable water, using saltwater from the Pacific Ocean, converted by a brand new desalination plant. As California's historic drought continues, the plant will likely intensify the debate over the role of desalination may play in the state's water supply. Special Correspondent Mike Taibbi reports.

Commentary:
Places like Saudi Arabia and Israel rely upon this method for their main source of drinking water.
Meanwhile California keeps dumping the snow melt from the Sierras into the Pacific Ocean and balks whenever they get a chance in the name of Climate Change and the environment.
There was a desalinization project going forward in Huntington Beach. Why did the infamous Coastal Commission scuttled it?

 

[egp320i]

should have built a nuke powered 20 years ago, clean energy and clean water

 

[EMH]

25 years ago we had a big debate on this subject.

The Democrats claimed the desal plants "kill clams" because they produce two streams, clean water, and very salty brine shot back into the ocean....


Florida vs. California

Florida = anti woke anti DEI pro desal

California = woke, pro DEI, anti desal

Guess which one had the $15 billion fire damage??

 

[excalibur]

California, from the Golden State to the Tarnished State, in 2 decades under your Democratic People's Dwarf Party.

 

[EMH]

should have built a nuke powered 20 years ago, clean energy and clean water

Not a big fan of nuke.

Any power source is fine. CO2 does nothing.

 

[egp320i]

any? so coal is alright to get power and water, well that won't fly in CA
wind and solar would not even put out 1% that leaves gas which can explode and cause fires

 

[JoeB131]

Commentary:
Places like Saudi Arabia and Israel rely upon this method for their main source of drinking water.
Meanwhile California keeps dumping the snow melt from the Sierras into the Pacific Ocean and balks whenever they get a chance in the name of Climate Change and the environment.
There was a desalinization project going forward in Huntington Beach. Why did the infamous Coastal Commission scuttled it?

Because the salt from Desaliniziation has to go somewhere.

 

[egp320i]

the brine can be refined, sea salt is popular or it can be dumped back into the ocean but not too concentrated as it can cause oxygen depletion pockets and you will end up with dead fish washing on shore

 

[Thunk]

The sad thing is CA doesn't need it. With dams and resevoirs they easily have enough water to make it thru the dry season!

But they let it just drain into the ocean.

 

[egp320i]

newscum got rid of one dam and probably wants more gone for the fishies, sure they have man made lakes but they use more than they can fill which is why they are dry, it's apparently not working very well

 

[Cellblock2429]

Is desalination the future of drought relief in California?​

​

31 Oct 2015

San Diego is set to soon start supplying itself with millions of gallons a day of fresh, drinkable water, using saltwater from the Pacific Ocean, converted by a brand new desalination plant. As California's historic drought continues, the plant will likely intensify the debate over the role of desalination may play in the state's water supply. Special Correspondent Mike Taibbi reports.

Commentary:
Places like Saudi Arabia and Israel rely upon this method for their main source of drinking water.
Meanwhile California keeps dumping the snow melt from the Sierras into the Pacific Ocean and balks whenever they get a chance in the name of Climate Change and the environment.
There was a desalinization project going forward in Huntington Beach. Why did the infamous Coastal Commission scuttled it?

/——/ Millions of gallons of fresh water flows down from Canada only to be dumped in the ocean, then ocean water is desalinated for use.
This is how DemocRATs manage things.

 

[ThisIsMe]

Is desalination the future of drought relief in California?​

​

31 Oct 2015

San Diego is set to soon start supplying itself with millions of gallons a day of fresh, drinkable water, using saltwater from the Pacific Ocean, converted by a brand new desalination plant. As California's historic drought continues, the plant will likely intensify the debate over the role of desalination may play in the state's water supply. Special Correspondent Mike Taibbi reports.

Commentary:
Places like Saudi Arabia and Israel rely upon this method for their main source of drinking water.
Meanwhile California keeps dumping the snow melt from the Sierras into the Pacific Ocean and balks whenever they get a chance in the name of Climate Change and the environment.
There was a desalinization project going forward in Huntington Beach. Why did the infamous Coastal Commission scuttled it?

I've heard desal is expensive, but with California's water situation, seems like it's more expensive not to..

 

[SassyIrishLass]

Nah, it's high speed rail.... lol

 

[jknowgood]

Because the salt from Desaliniziation has to go somewhere.

That salt will desalve in the rising seas, silly.

 

[egp320i]

can't imagine building a nuke desalination plant at long beach, you imagine beach goers having a nuke plant right there, no way

it would need to be more up north and then lay some pipe to transport the water

nobody wants to see a power plant

 

[Doc7505]

should have built a nuke powered 20 years ago, clean energy and clean water

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[fncceo]

Is desalination the future of drought relief in California?

I seriously doubt they can find enough minority transexuals and drag queen to run them.

 

[elektra]

can't imagine building a nuke desalination plant at long beach, you imagine beach goers having a nuke plant right there, no way

it would need to be more up north and then lay some pipe to transport the water

nobody wants to see a power plant

There were 3 nukes next to the most famous surfing beach, trestles

San Onofre nuclear was on a great beach. Nobody complained.

Long beach beaches? I never heard of people going to long Beach for the beach.

Maybe Hermosa or Manhatten, Redondo, or Venice beach. I think of oil refineries and shipping ports when I think of long beach.

 

[JoeB131]

The sad thing is CA doesn't need it. With dams and resevoirs they easily have enough water to make it thru the dry season!

But they let it just drain into the ocean.

It always drains into the ocean, eventually, dummy.

The problem is you don't have enough water out there. Just look at Lake Tulare, which was once the sixth-largest lake in the US. Now it only "exists" during a rainy season for a few weeks.

 

[JoeB131]

That salt will desalve in the rising seas, silly.

"desalve"?

What the fuck are you taking about?

If you put that salt back in the ocean, it increases the salinity levels to the point where it kills sea life.