desalination

New Desalination Plant Creates 50 Million Gallons of Drinkable Water Daily

California state reservoir levels have been declared dangerously low, with residents being told to cut back their water usage drastically. There was concern that even aquifers would be milked dry, but this water crisis might soon be over due to a $1 billion dollar water desalination plant that was in the works for 20 years.

California’s One-Year Water Supply vs. Fracking

What if the following headline comes true, as stated by Jay Famigliette, Ph.D. senior water scientist at NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory/Caltech, “California has about one year of water left”? LA Times, March 12, 2015.
Well, maybe, maybe not, depending upon the depth of aquifers, assuming they are not polluted. More on this later.
On the other hand, what if a mega drought has set in?