Soon I may be drinking sea water ~ In my neighboring town of Carlsbad, California, a huge water project is underway ~ Along the coast of\u00a0 Carlsbad – the plan is to\u00a0build the largest ocean water desalination plant in the United States –\u00a0the largest desalination plant in the western hemisphere ~<\/p>\n
Sounds wonderful on the surface ..\u00a0the oceans are our greatest water source but only if we can find ways to convert the water for safe drinking water and for\u00a0use on landscapes and farms\u00a0~ Well, we now have that technology but\u00a0here is the controversy ~<\/p>\n
Two environmental groups in San Diego, Surfrider and Coast Keeper,\u00a0have challenged the Carlsbad desalination project in court for they see the proposed method in the cooling systems do not do enough to protect\u00a0marine life in the intake of sea water ~ There are better ways that are less harmful to fish and crustaceans such as\u00a0\u00a0sub-sea floor intakes, an environmentally superior technology, but it seems is more costly ~<\/p>\n
Here are some related links ~<\/p>\n
http:\/\/sandiego.surfrider.org\/legal-battle-over-ocean-desalination-continues<\/a><\/p>\n http:\/\/www.sdcoastkeeper.org\/learn\/san-diegos-water-supply\/desalination.html<\/a><\/p>\n