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<br /> <br />State Desalting Plant <br /> <br />On April2, state and local officials brok(! ground in <br />the San "Joaquin VallPy for a d(~mol1strat.ion plant ..t:t. <br />which wlll d"salt :385,000 gallons a day (a httle over 0 <br />on(-~ acw-foot) of agncultur~! ~1rall1 water. Ronald B.~ <br />Robie, DWR Director, said that desaltll1g part of the ~ <br />vast quantity of salty drain water produced in the San <br />.Joaquin Valley will produce mi)f(-~ watPf for the. StaU~ <br />Water Project allu will n~duce the amount. of agricul- <br />Lund wast.e wat.r~r in the' valley. DWH d()i's not ..,f~(, de, <br />).alting, however, as t1w total 'ioJut.ioll to the valley's <br />dramaw.! probl(~m but l'OllLlllUl"; to f)('!i('V(' a v;.1!ley- <br />wldp drain IS necpssary. <br />if t.he demonstration plant ,.;hows tfil' desalting' pro- <br />c(~ss IS !'pusd)[<\ DW!{ plans to "tart (.'OllstrtwLion ()( <br />full-<.walp plants by 19HB. F\lII-~caJ(l pJ;:mts i,>ouJd pt'o- <br />dllC(~ almost 77 ;H'I'f'-fl'I't qf llsclhle dl.'salted waU'f )Jl:f <br />day DWH. (~stil1laU's t.hat by Uw :Jpar 2f){)(). aJrno:-;l <br />IOO,OO() (lcre-('(:ct of Lhp '1aJky's ;_u~rj('ultlJral drainaL(e <br />waLpr wlll havp to f)(' disposed of afl)llJall~/. Critics <br />think it will h(' n1uchlol1L;er !lefol"l' that amount ()( <br />wu.1/~r will b(~ producr:d. \[OIl('Y for ttw proj('ct COr\lPS <br />from the Tid(~latlds Oil portion I)f thl' ~tatc WaLer <br />Project funds. J10del oj' the future San ./oaqwn Valley desalting plant. <br /> <br /> <br />" <br />