California looks to the sea

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Monterey is about to again help shape California’s future with a bold move that could set the tone for the Golden State’s next 250 years.

A $500 million project to build a desalinization plant that will by the end of 2014 send water siphoned from the ocean and stripped of salt flowing through taps is now underway.

It is being done out of regulatory necessity as well as the result of the folly of over drafting aquifers and over committing surface water supplies.

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Desalinization isn’t a cheap option. It could easily triple California American Water bills for typical ratepayers as it may send the cost of water itself to over $8,000 per acre foot.

There is no major hue and cry over the desalination plan and its hefty price tag. That’s because almost everyone sees the writing on the wall.

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Desalination plants ... are the only way the arid coastal cities of Los Angeles San Diego can maintain what they have as well as sustain growth without devastating California’s vital agricultural industry.

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Higher priced water - which desalinization plants will produce - will go a long way to getting Southern California residents to end the folly of using water as if they are in Seattle instead of on an arid, coastal plain.

http://www.mantecabulletin.com/news/article/15754/

[SuperDuper! 230]

Monterey is about to again help shape California's future with a bold move that could set the tone for the Golden State's next 250 years.

A $500 million project to build a desalinization plant that will by the end of 2014 send water siphoned from the ocean and stripped of salt flowing through taps is now underway.

It is being done out of regulatory necessity as well as the result of the folly of over drafting aquifers and over committing surface water supplies.

...

Desalinization isn't a cheap option. It could easily triple California American Water bills for typical ratepayers as it may send the cost of water itself to over $8,000 per acre foot.

There is no major hue and cry over the desalination plan and its hefty price tag. That's because almost everyone sees the writing on the wall.

...

Desalination plants ... are the only way the arid coastal cities of Los Angeles San Diego can maintain what they have as well as sustain growth without devastating California's vital agricultural industry.

...

Higher priced water - which desalinization plants will produce - will go a long way to getting Southern California residents to end the folly of using water as if they are in Seattle instead of on an arid, coastal plain.

http://www.mantecabu.../article/15754/

Remind us again why we should care what happens in the next 250 years?

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Remind us again why we should care what happens in the next 250 years?

If there's an attempt at humor there somewhere, I've missed it.

Help?

[Obama 2012 1,714]

250 years?

Arizona will be beach front property within 50.

[SuperDuper! 230]

If there's an attempt at humor there somewhere, I've missed it.

Help?

You will be dead. So why will you care what will happen in 2250?

[I AM NOT THAT GUY 5,715]

Plus 1. Ever fly into Los Angeles?

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Is there something about the phrase "the next 250 years" that confuses you?

[SuperDuper! 230]

Is there something about the phrase "the next 250 years" that confuses you?

You are too smart for your own good. Thank you for playing.

[spookyturtle 9,466]

Australia is spending $13 billion, so they are #1.

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You are too smart for your own good. Thank you for playing.

I haven't the slightest idea what inanity you're bleating about this time, but since the timeline appears to be an issue, SFGate.com says the following:

By the end of 2014, most people on the Monterey Peninsula are likely to fill their glasses with water siphoned from the ocean and stripped of salt.

[SuperDuper! 230]

I haven't the slightest idea what inanity you're bleating about this time, but since the timeline appears to be an issue, SFGate.com says the following:

By the end of 2014, most people on the Monterey Peninsula are likely to fill their glasses with water siphoned from the ocean and stripped of salt.

You are the king. So where will you go from here?

[one...two...tree 2,762]

You will be dead. So why will you care what will happen in 2250?

"A man who feels no connection or responsibility for future generations has lost sense who he is, or where he came from." ~ Chief Bigfoot Bird

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"A man who feels no connection or responsibility for future generations has lost sense who he is, or where he came from." ~ Chief Bigfoot Bird

More importantly, the phrase was "the next 250 years", not "in 250 years".

[one...two...tree 2,762]

More importantly, the phrase was "the next 250 years", not "in 250 years".

Chief Bigfoot Bird gives you a nod.

[Scott & Lai 12]

Remind us again why we should care what happens in the next 250 years?

My EYES!!! Now I need an acid bath for my retinas