Arizona mulls new water source: Ocean PDF Print E-mail
Written by SHAUN MCKINNON, The Arizona Republic   
Wednesday, 03 September 2008
The water for Arizona's future needs may lie off the coast of a popular Mexican resort, in the Gulf of California.
State officials are studying the idea of importing filtered ocean water from an as yet unbuilt desalination plant in Puerto Peñasco, 60 miles south of the U.S. border. The water - potentially billions of gallons a year - would help sustain urban supplies in Arizona and could someday bring relief to rural residents, who have long sought a water source to replace rapidly depleting aquifers.

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