[Michael.SF.]

Santa Barbara, (desal plant) completed in 1992, the rains had returned; the facility went through a few weeks of pilot testing, then was mothballed and partially dismantled.

That is not true. Ionics operated the plant and sold water to the City for a period of time so as to recoup their investment. This was a contractually agreed to requirement.

(I worked with Ionics at the time and my employer (Ingersol Rand) sold much of the equipment that was used for the plant.)

[july4thfreedomfoundation]

Is that desalinization plant in Santa Barbara still operational?