Real Estate
May 13, 2003
Quenching California's Thirst for Water
BY JULIE NAKASHIMA CREJ Staff Writer Once derided as something fit mainly for oil-rich Middle East sheikdoms and luxury cruise ships, desalination plants are on tap in a growing number of thirsty California cities.
BY JULIE NAKASHIMA
CREJ Staff Writer
Once derided as something fit mainly for oil-rich Middle East sheikdoms and luxury cruise ships, desalination plants are on tap in a growing number of thirsty California cities.
As communities ponder the future water demands of their burgeoning populations and fight to hold onto their Colorado River allotments, they are pulling out the divining rods to search for this liquid asset.
"That's going to be our...
CREJ Staff Writer
Once derided as something fit mainly for oil-rich Middle East sheikdoms and luxury cruise ships, desalination plants are on tap in a growing number of thirsty California cities.
As communities ponder the future water demands of their burgeoning populations and fight to hold onto their Colorado River allotments, they are pulling out the divining rods to search for this liquid asset.
"That's going to be our...