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NEWS ABOUT: desalination

desalination stories: 2 news summaries
OPINION

 Let's Start Paying 
 for Water—Or Lose It 

Solution to 'crisis' may be controversial, but problem will only worsen

Aug 30, 09 11:54 AM CDT
(Newser) - You may receive a water bill every month, but you’re not actually paying for water. You’re paying for the cost of service, and this free-rider problem is contributing to the worsening water crisis that threatens to dehydrate the US, author and law professor Robert Glennon argues in the... More »

MORE ABOUT:
conservation • drought • water • natural resources • water shortage • water supply • desalination

Bowl Games
Not Just for Dogs Anymore

Calif. county
launches 'toilet-to-tap' water-purification plan

Jan 25, 08 5:25 PM CST
(Newser) - As contamination, overconsumption, and drought sap Southern California's already limited supply of potable water, Orange County has just adopted an effective, if unpalatable, solution. Starting today, flushed toilet water will gush through a $490 million network of pipes and filters, return to the groundwater basin, then find its way home... More »

MORE ABOUT:
Orange County • water supply • recycled sewage • desalination

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