Opinion: The costs and ocean impacts of desalination
The Santa Cruz Water Department has the responsibility for providing clean safe water for all of its 96,000 customers located both inside and outside of the city limits, and also for planning ahead for future needs. Most readers will recall that about 15 years ago, in the wake of earlier droughts and water rationing, the City of Santa Cruz initiated an evaluation of a joint desalination project with the Soquel Creek Water District.
-Written by Gary Griggs, Santa Cruz Sentinel columnist.