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Yuma desalting plant set to restart on Colorado River

Posted by: Aqua Blog Maven on October 11, 2008 at 7:19 am

From the Arizona Republic:

Arizona, Nevada and California are nearing an agreement to restart a long-dormant water-desalination plant in Yuma, further stretching supplies on the Colorado River. The states would share the cost of running the plant for one year and divide nearly 10 billion gallons of desalted water. If the pilot project is successful, the plant could resume operation for the first time in 15 years.

California would benefit most immediately from the new water source as drought and a federal endangered-species lawsuit have reduced supplies, forcing cities to ration their use. But Arizona and Nevada, too, see desalination as a key component in augmenting water resources in the future.

A compact among the seven Colorado River states regulates how much water is allocated from the river.

“This is a forward-thinking concept,” said Susan Bitter Smith, board president of the Central Arizona Project, which oversees part of Arizona’s Colorado River allotment. “In the long term, for us it does create an alternative source of water. And we already have a substantial taxpayer investment in a facility that’s not being used.”

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October 11, 2008 · Filed Under Desalination, Uncategorized

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