Why isn’t there desalination facilities near drought cities?
[A]s we sit squarely in the middle of another drought, adding more seawater desalination facilities has become a louder discussion. Right now, California has 12 desalination facilities in operation, but there are calls for more. There are three in the Northern California area near Monterey and San Francisco. As for proposed desalination facilities, there are 15 in all, including seven in Northern California. Construction is underway in nearby Antioch on a brackish water desalination facility that’s the first of its kind in the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta.