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Which Way, L.A.?

Will Desalination Defeat the Drought?

The biggest desalination plant in the Northern Hemisphere will go on line in November — providing one tenth of the water supply for San Diego. Santa Barbara is getting a plant out of mothballs, and Huntington Beach wants to be next. No less than 15 legal challenges have been filed against the plant in Carlsbad , and all of them have been denied.

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By Warren Olney • Aug 3, 2015 • 18m Listen

The biggest desalination plant in the Northern Hemisphere will go on line in November — providing one tenth of the water supply for San Diego. Santa Barbara is getting a plant out of mothballs, and Huntington Beach wants to be next. No less than 15 legal challenges have been filed against the plant in Carlsbad, and all of them have been denied.

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    Warren Olney

    former KCRW broadcaster

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    Jenny Hamel

    KCRW

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    Charlotte Duren

    Producer, To the Point/Which Way LA?

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    Amanda Little

    Vanderbilt University

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    Sean Bothwell

    California Coastkeeper Alliance

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    Helene Schneider

    City of Santa Barbara

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