Desalination is a great way to provide more water for people. Taking salt out of seawater will provide for lots of people. In Carlsbad,California they are building a desalination project.
This will provide a natural water source for people to drink. When it is completed the huge plant will turn as many as 56 million gallons of seawater each day into drinking …show more content…
water for San Diego
County. Desalination can provide a backup water source and a partial solution to a growing problem. They will turn Pacific Ocean into drinking water suitable for making coffee and watering lawns.
California has no natural water source. They also have droughts very often. If the planet continues to get warmer, California won’t be able to use snow as a water source and they would have more floods. This is why the largest desalination plant is being worked on is California so it can stop droughts and make sure there won’t be floods instead. Turning seawater into fresh water will be the best thing for California right now.
Many countries are unable to afford drinking water.
Countries without a water source could end up getting diseases from drinking contaminated water. Technology will help produce drinking water. Having clean water would result in them having better hygiene. Some diseases that they get could possibly result in death. Having cleaner water will also make the environment cleaner. Although having desalination is a major impact on the world, the cost is what everyone is worried about. The project is estimated to cost 1 billion. In the article it states, “Customers in the city of San Diego will help pay for the plant through their water bill, which could go up by $5 a month.” Desalination can cost up to $500$2000 per acre foot of water. It also may introduce biological or chemical contaminants.
Desalination could provide more water for people, it can also stop droughts in California, and lastly it can stop diseases in countries that can’t afford water. Desalination is currently an efficient and reliable source. People all around the world should use desalination because it is a good resource and it is efficient towards the world. It is mainly great for California to prevents droughts and floods. Do you think desalination is a good resource towards the
world?