Sonora accuses desalination company of lack of ethics; governor says it has made no commitments
The government of Sonora [Mexico] is criticizing a company proposing the construction of a desalination plant in Rocky Point that would send massive amounts of water to Arizona. IDE Technologies, an Israeli desalination firm, hopes to send fresh water north of the border. But it was criticized by the Sonoran governor, raising questions about its future relationship with the state. The government of Sonora took to Twitter on Tuesday to accuse the firm of a lack of ethics. It said the company tried to turn a courtesy meeting into a negotiation over the purchase of water, and described the whole proposal as a shared project of former governors Doug Ducey and Claudia Pavlovich. Later that day, Gov. Alfonso Durazo said he would “never meet with the company again.”