California desalination plant provides drought-resilient water supply
A desalination plant built in 2015 supplies about 50 million gallons of drinking water daily, while raising concerns about marine impacts and costs.
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The facility provides significant drought resilience but illustrates the environmental and cost trade-offs of large-scale water infrastructure.
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- In 2015, a seawater desalination plant was built at cost of $1 billion. Now, it provides 50 million gallons of drought-proof drinking water daily, but does it harm marine life or raise cost of living? ↗economictimes.indiatimes.com · Recorded source date: Sep 2, 2026, 9:46 PM UTC
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