California City Looks to Sea for Water in Drought

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By Associated PressMay 5, 2014, 10:11 am37 pts
SANTA BARBARA, Calif. (AP) — This seaside city thought it had the perfect solution the last time California withered in a severe drought more than two decades ago: Tap the ocean to turn salty seawater to fresh water. The $34 million desalination plant was fired up for only three months and mothballed after a…

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