First U.S. Desalination Plant Goes Online

Posted by timothy on Tuesday March 25, 2003 @05:16AM from the come-on-in-the-water's-great dept.

DrEnter writes "According to this AP article on Yahoo!, the first full-time desalination plant has gone online in the U.S. to provide fresh water for the Tampa Bay, Florida area (from Tampa Bay itself). While common in the mideast and other parts of the world, this is the first in the U.S. to be used as a regular source of fresh water (there are a couple others in the U.S. that are only for emergency use). It will also (arguably) be one of the least expensive to operate, producing 1000 gallons selling for about $2. There is some more information at Tampa Bay Water's web site."

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brilliant news!!!!! by WickerChap · 2003-03-25 22:13 · Score: 2, Funny

This is absolutely fantastic news.

This should bring down the cost of salt!!! There will be more salt than the US can ever use! Salt for everyone!!!!! They ought to build one of these in costal Africa! More Salt than the third world can ever use!!!

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