Background
- Conventional water sources are declining:
- Colorado River transfers to be reduced to 4.4 Mac-ft/yr
- Successive droughts, plus agriculture to urban
transfers
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¢Must
decrease dependence on imported waters:
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l
Energy
of conveyance >90% of total cost for imported waters
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l Infrastructure
damage by imported water salinity ~$108
¢VISION:
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l Advance
water production technologies
in order to economically develop
new and sustainable alternative sources
for potable, irrigation, and other consumptive water uses.
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l Train/educate
the next generation of California water technology professionals
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Energy Cost of Water Desalination
in Southern California
Metropolitan Water District of Southern California;
(b) The California Desalination Task Force.
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