Desalination plants are not all they are cracked up to be.
The heavy salt water that gets pumped back into the ocean at the end of the process is known to be toxic to many species that form the base of the food chain. A proposed desalination plant for Huntington Beach, CA (LA area) was specifically rejected this week based upon that scientific fact alone.
The commission, in a marathon session today, killed a controversial desalination plant proposal that’s been debated for more than 20 years.
calmatters.org
Would be different if they would truck the salt out to the desert and bury it or something, but desalination is already an expensive process to begin with, they won't add that expense.