Catalina Island uses a desalination plant

ABC 7 Los Angeles via MSN.com, June 15, 2022; Xochitl, Crystal Q., Wisdom Quarterly

Catalina Island uses SoCal Edison desalination plant to avoid drought

California has more saltwater than any state.

(KABC) If one takes a boat ride to Catalina Island off the coast of Los Angeles, one will notice it's surrounded by the Pacific Ocean and California's water crisis.

Ever wondered how Catalina Island gets fresh, drinkable water? "We're about 4,000 people on a year-round basis, but we get up to a million visitors a year. And so of course that impacts a lot of our infrastructure [the stuff that makes a city run] because we have these visitors and thank [Goodness] we do because we're an entirely tourist-based community," said Avalon Mayor Anni Marshall.

With hotels, shops, and restaurants heavily relying on guests, the island needs drinking water. Southern California Edison provides [for-profit] power, water, and gas to the island.

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They also have a desalination system that turns ocean water into drinking water. They do this by using a reverse osmosis filter with tiny holes in it. The water goes into the filter, but the salt doesn't.

"We rely on water from the ocean through desal [desalination] but also ground water, and the beauty of desal is that it's completely drought resistant as opposed to ground water resources, which require rain," said Ron Hite, district manager at Southern California Edison on Catalina Island. More + VIDEO

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