The prospect of a privately owned desalination facility is raising concerns about community control and costs that residents could ultimately bear, Inside Climate News reported.
A proposed desalination plant in Texas could turn seawater into as much as 100 million gallons of freshwater each day, IDE Technologies claims.
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Together, the plant and pipelines would cost an estimated $6.4 billion, according to the Nueces River Authority.
Responsibility for the Harbor Island project would be divided…