Ringside: Federal Options for Large Scale Seawater Desalination

Ringside: Federal Options for Large Scale Seawater Desalination

The Carlsbad desalination plant is reportedly operating at half-capacity, basically because it’s less expensive to import water from the Colorado River. That is likely to change, as Arizona’s Department of Water Resources is negotiating with the San Diego County Water Authority to purchase some of the water they get from the Colorado River. The funds from Arizona will defray some of the cost to increase output from the desalination plant. This i…