How did the environmentalists let that one slip by?.......
Not sure. It’s apparenly 4-5 years old ...
in May, 2023, the “California Coastal Commission” killed a similar plant that would have been in Costa Mesa ... buncha f’idiots! They had their excuses, including that the water would have been too expensive for low-income people (!) ... but I think the real problem is that it works. Can’t have that.
I have been in places (on land) where the tap water is exclusively from desalination. You’d never know. It tastes and smells no different from any other properly treated tap water.