World's largest seawater desalination plant opens in Israel

According to a Dow press release, the reverse osomosis plant on the Mediterranean coast "will provide approximately 15% of the total household water consumption in Israel". It's good to hear that Israel is diversifying its water supply. Santa Barbara, on the tail end of the canals from the Colorado River and the Sierras, has built a smallish desalination plant years ago, which is hardly use, but southern California is a veritable rice paddy compared with the Mideast, and with a few fewer English ornamental plants new water supplies shouldn't be necessary.

Hat tip: HG.