[null and void]

It is not that expensive to drill to 3,000.

What is expensive is the energy needed to pump the water out.

Awl $55/barrel, about a buck a gallon.

Water $21/AF, about $0.000065 a gallon.

[Mr170IQ]

> Water $21/AF, about $0.000065 a gallon.

Desalinated water has amortized costs around 0.0013 a gallon with state-of-the-art plants, so about 20x more than natural water.

[crusty old prospector]

Submersible pump. All it takes is electricity.

[Ozark Tom]

New desalination plant producing water at $.52 per 1 cubic meter/265 gallons versus drilling and pumping(?) costs.