But the promise of desalinization threatens to put us back on an escapist path. And it may well be a step toward more sprawl, further loss of open space and farmland, and worsening air quality.

Desalinization: Seeking Solutions for Urban Areas L.A. Times Archives Aug. 24, 2002 12 AM PT ...

Voters have already given the go-ahead for the town to study desalinization when, two years ago at town meeting, they approved $3.2 million for water meters and for new water sources.

Laguna Beach County Water District officials announced Monday a $150,000 pledge to study the prospects of a regional ocean desalinization plant in Dana Point. Desalinization — filtering salt ...

Researchers at Lawrence Livermore National Lab have come up with an innovative plan to preserve fresh drinking water during this drought. Scientists have a new way to take the salt out of saltwater.

It is about time to explore desalinization, making fresh water from sea water. Exploring alternatives will be expensive, but unless we act now we’re in for big problems in the future.

County desalinization plants would eliminate “water wars” and everyone would have plenty of water as long as they want to pay for it. Instead of wasting money on more wells and setting up ...

According to Kreamer, desalinization is not a novel idea. U.S. Navy aircraft carriers, for example, have had to generate fresh water to help sustain large crews while at sea for six months or more.

Maybe the government can ask the Iranians to help construct a desalinization plant. Guyana receives a vast supply of sunlight and heat energy on a daily basis from our daytime star, the sun.