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Cheaper, Better Desalination Gets a Fresh Look

1 February 2002 - 1:00am | Author: Stephen Svete

Trends | Vol. 17 No. 02 Feb 2002

Desal in SoCal? It may not be as far-fetched as you think. No single resource has had more of an influence on California's development patterns than water. The essential liquid has been pivotal to a range of historical and political conflicts, from the pillaging of the Owens Valley by Los Angeles to the damming of the Hetch Hetchy Valley by San Francisco.

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