Reply To: Direct conversion

[tcg]

As a Southern California resident living at the end of the supply pipe, I currently pay $2.60 per unit (750 gallons), not counting meter fees. This works out to about $3,50 per 1000 gallons. Our cost is about average for this region, and several newer communities nearby pay at least 50% more. Every time we turn around, the price goes up. The figures cited by the Duke look very attractive to me. We have already built a reverse osmosis plant up the coast, but it was shut down because of the high cost of electricity. My town fronts on the Pacific Ocean, and desalinated water would be in unlimited supply, starting out being very competitively priced. We no longer would have to pray for heavy snowfall in the Sierras and the Rockies, nor fight with 50 million other people for the last drop in a shortage.

I say bring it!

TCG