For a world covered in oceans, getting a drink of water on Planet Earth can be surprisingly tricky. Fresh water is hard to come by even on our water world, so much so that most sources are better ...

NEWARK, Calif. (KGO) -- As more communities impose water use restrictions because of the drought, the California Coastal Commission is likely to vote on a controversial proposal later this year that ...

Fig. 1. California’s extensive seacoast plus offshore islands offer thousands of miles of opportunity to build safe, resilient water supplies through seawater reverse osmosis desalination. Source | ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Tim Quinn, left, OceanWell's water policy strategist, watches Mark Golay, the company's director of engineering projects, as he ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The future of Corpus Christi’s seawater desalination plant remains murky following a letter sent by the state to city officials on ...

The California Coastal Commission next month will decide whether to approve a private company’s application to build a $1.4 billion seawater desalination facility in Huntington Beach. Many countries ...

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Powering seawater desalination plants with photovoltaics A German research team has investigated the feasibility of a large-scale PV-powered seawater reverse osmosis desalination plant in Jordan and ...

Tim Quinn, left, OceanWell's water policy strategist, watches Mark Golay, the company's director of engineering projects, as he lowers a desalination prototype into Las Virgenes Reservoir in Westlake ...