Desalinating seawater sounds easy, but there are cheaper and more sustainable ways to meet people's water needs
- Written by Gregory Pierce, Co-Director, Luskin Center for Innovation, University of California, Los Angeles
The Carlsbad Desalination Plant in Southern California is the largest such plant in the Western Hemisphere, providing 50 million gallons of desalinated seawater per day. Reed Kaestner via Getty ImagesCoastal urban centers around the world are urgently looking for new, sustainable water sources as their local supplies become less reliable....
