BLOG: Plant Taps Pacific Ocean As Source Of Drinking Water

With its dedication in December 2015, the $1 billion Claude “Bud” Lewis Carlsbad Desalination Plant opened a spigot to the Pacific Ocean, creating a new, drought-proof source of drinking water for 3.1 million people in San Diego County, CA.

As the largest ocean desalination plant in the nation and Western Hemisphere, the Carlsbad Plant is considered the future of water desalination in the U.S. by its proponents.