Desalination plants can be costly and energy-intensive, and are difficult to manage in an environmentally friendly way, according to water policy experts.
States dependent on the drought-stricken Colorado River are increasingly looking toward desalination as a way to fix the river's deficit and boost water supplies across the western U.S.
The Colorado River wraps around Horseshoe Bend in the in Glen Canyon National Recreation Area in Page, Arizona.States dependent on the drought-stricken Colorado River are increasingly looking toward desalination as a way to fix the river's deficit and boost water supplies across the western U.S.for states that draw from the Colorado River, which supplies water and power for more than 40 million people.
The debate over whether desalination could be a solution for the drying Colorado River comes as a historic megadrought grips the western U.S., generating the driest two decades in the region. Water levels in the country's two largest reservoirs, Lake Mead and Lake Powell, have hit their lowest levels on record.
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