A proposed $5 billion hydrological project, involving the construction of a desalination plant in Mexico, has been under serious consideration amid water management concerns in Arizona. As drought, climate change, and overuse continue to threaten the state’s major sources of water – groundwater and the Colorado River – officials are considering a plant, built by Israeli company IDE Technologies, which could suck salt out of seawater before pumping it, much of it uphill, some 200 miles to Phoenix. Although the plant would allow for further residential development, it would flood North Gulf of California with waste brine, causing environmental damage and threaten productive fisheries. Additionally, the cost of the water provided would be roughly ten times that of the Colorado River water. While Arizona already hosts an aqueduct that diverts Colorado River water to Phoenix and Tucson, the proposed project would be essentially unique due to the distance and cost involved. Critics suggest that the project fails to address the key need for increased water conservation, though state official Chuck Podolak insists that ambitious projects like this “will seem crazy…until it’s complete.”
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