Concern over fresh water supply is becoming increasingly common in our nation due to pressures from drought and population growth. Our coastal states are frequently evaluating the viability of desalination systems to provide their fresh water needs. Desalination is an energy intensive process, so it is quite common for these facilities to be built in close proximity to electric power plants. For this reason, it is also reasonable to consider the use of
nuclear desalination as a potential option.
Desalination is not a panacea for all our nation's rivers. But in densely populated coastal states, it certainly is an alternative that would alleviate the burden placed on rivers.
--for starters, within ten years avery drop of water used in Commiefornia from San Francisco to Los Angeles should be either recycled sewage or desalinized with power from nukes--