Carlsbad will open a desalt plant in 2016, now under construction.
As far as i know it’s the only one underway in the west.
It took 12 years to turn the shovel. They had to fight the environmentalists every step of the way through all the hearings and approvals. After the final approval (about 10 years) the same environmentalists were allowed to bring a court case making the same arguments that they made in the administrative hearings.
Is there a way to couple water bills to environmental activism? $10/gal water for those of you who obstructed this desal plant? That would be nice.