Calif. Desalination Plant: Dream Water Supply or Drain on Taxes? [1]
Local officials in Carlsbad, Calif., see salvation for their water-starved community in a huge proposed desalination plant. Poseidon Resources, the company hoping to build it, says building it won't cost taxpayers and ratepayers a dime. But tough investigative reporting shows that southern Californians would pay at least $640 million over 30 years for the project.
Janet Wilson reports for DC Bureau via ENS May 17, 2010. [2]
Water & Oceans [3]
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Source: DC Bureau [2], 05/19/2010