It’s no longer coming. Our underwater reservoirs are running dry (most of them have crossed the point of no return), and our deserts are getting bigger and are devastating more population centers. (I last wrote about this problem a few years ago .)
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More on that water-energy nexus. It’s really tight in CA
Way, way back. Back when we seemed to care about our infrastructure, we promised that we would have swimmable and drinkable water all over this country. A good portion of that promise relied on waste water reuse and desalination plants.
Continue reading More on that water-energy nexus. It’s really tight in CA
Water, water everywhere, but not a drop…
I wrote about a ‘simple’ device that provides pure water for villages of a thousand or so in developing nations. But, now, instead of converting humidity in the air for water uses on land, solar technology has been adapted- and expanded- to make it relevant and critical to America… for our farms.