Desalination – An Ocean of Problems

Fact Sheet - As local, state and federal policymakers in the United States increasingly fear water shortages, private companies are marketing desalination as a solution. While they offer to take the salt out of seawater for two or more times the cost of other water sources, they fail to advertise the toxic chemicals, marine life damage, carbon emissions and other social and environmental ills that come along with the process.

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