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To: Tenchusatsu who wrote (882463)	8/25/2015 1:54:37 PM
From: Wharf Rat	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1576902

" nowhere near enough savings to justify the cost." In a drought, water is priceless. "The real question here is how much water evaporation is being prevented by the balls" They say 300,000,000 gallons a year. how much it would cost to make up for the lost water via desalination" If you don't lose the water which is here (and needed) now, you won't have to do the impossible and make up for it with desal water in the future. Takes time to build plants, and the drought is here now. = Desalination plants aren't a good solution for California drought Enthusiasm for desalination tends to overlook its enormous energy demand and environmental footprint A $1-billion desalination plant in Carlsbad will draw lots of attention. But what of the environmental impact? latimes.com