City Council Votes to Reactivate Desalination Plant
Santa Barbara City Council members voted unanimously July 21 in favor of spending $55 million to reactivate a closed desalination plant. The plant could supply the city with nearly a third of its drinking water, the LA Times reports.Built during a drought in the 1990s, the Charles E. Meyer Desalination Facility was in operation for only a few years, closing as the drought came to an end. Though the plant was never used beyond a testing period, the city maintained it in case there was another severe water shortage, such as the one at
