Key Issues for Seawater Desalination in California: Cost and Financing

The Pacific Institute published a controversial paper, Desalination, With A Grain Of Salt, in June 2006, assessing seawater desalination in California. Report author Heather Cooley updated her work in an article in Desalination & Water Reuse(August/September 2007), while Nikolay Voutchkov, then associated with the Carlsbad project, wrote a response to the report in D&WR (November/December 2007). Six years later, Cooley has returned to the subject, with another report, published towards the end of 2012 by the Pacific Institute. This article first appeared in the February/March 2013 issue of Desalination & Water Reuse magazine.

The Pacific Institute published a controversial paper, Desalination, With A Grain Of Salt, in June 2006, assessing seawater desalination in California.

Report author Heather Cooley updated her work in an article in Desalination & Water Reuse(August/September 2007), while Nikolay Voutchkov, then associated with the Carlsbad project, wrote a response to the report in D&WR (November/December 2007).

Six years later, Cooley has returned to the subject, with another report, published towards the end of 2012 by the Pacific Institute.

This article first appeared in the February/March 2013 issue of Desalination & Water Reuse magazine.