Calif. passes first-ever rules for desalination plants

摘要

Future desalination plants in California must follow new rules governing how they extract water from the ocean and how they discard leftover salt, following state action yesterday. The California Water Resources Control Board passed its first-ever requirements for plants that turn seawater into drinking water. The agency approved the measure as an amendment to its Water Quality Control Plan for Ocean Waters, saying it wanted to ensure there were uniform standards as interest in the facilities grows.