Small nation/large nation, “absorb the costs?
Israel is a Middle Eastern nation with it’s own peoples and needs, and in America it would be individual states or cities deciding how many, if any, desalination plants they want.
To be so obsessed with Israel is not very persuasive in selling a water rate increase to me for instance, until the time is right.
The market seems to be making it’s own decisions on each individual plant, as it is, we already have 100s of plants either doing salt water, or brackish water, it isn’t like our states are unaware of desalination, which seems to be something that some here think.
It’s not my intent or job to sell you anything.
The facts are out there. Desalinization is both doable and affordable. If a small nation can do it, a large nation can. Even states can. Israel only has about seven million people. We have close to 40 million in California now.
Water needs and desalinization are not specific to the Middle-East or Israel. California and I suspect other states prove that point right now.
If you need more water, you have a lot in common with Israel.
As for water rates being elevated prematurely, California is in dire need of more water. What choice does it have other than stick it’s head in the sand like leading Democrats in the state have for decades.