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Tag: recycle

South Bay environmentalists step up opposition to desalination plant in El Segundo

February 26, 2018 smarterwater

Setting the stage for the next big environmental battle in the South Bay, a group of activists on Monday announced…

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Filed under: clean water, coast, Desalination, El Segundo, Environment, Inglewood, Los Angeles Waterkeeper, Manhattan Beach, Ocean, recycle, Southern California, Water recycling, West Basin, West Basin Municipal Water District
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Seawater desal is…

“unlikely to be a major part of California’s water supply portfolio due to its high cost of operation, the availability of other sources of water (such as recycled wastewater), its high energy use and the resulting high levels of greenhouse gas emissions, and siting difficulties given the fragility and importance of California’s coastal ecosystems.”  Water in the West, Stanford University, 2016.

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