Is Solar-Powered Desalination the Answer to Water Independence for California?

A California-based startup thinks it might have the answer to California’s water woes, writes The Guardian’s Oliver Balch. WaterFX's solution comes in the unlikely shape of a vast bank of parabolic mirrors and an advanced "multi-effect" evaporating unit. The Aqua4 system offers a renewable method of desalinating briny water, which, if its developers prove right, could put California "on a path to water independence".

Check out Balch’s story here.

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