Local News in Brief : Catalina May Get Desalination Plant
Santa Catalina Island, where a scarcity of fresh water has long been a major constraint on growth, may get its first permanent desalination plant under a condominium construction plan approved by the Avalon City Council.
The developer of a 330-unit condominium project at Hamilton Cove proposed the plant--which would force sea water through a grid or membrane that removes salt and other minerals--as a means of meeting its commitment to provide a new source of fresh water for the second half of the development at the west end of Avalon.
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