Desaltation?? (Is that a word?)

[floridablue]

Tampa was building a plant to convert salt water from the bay. What happened to the project? Was it ever finished?

[ixion]

1. I think you're looking for the word 'desalinization'

I remember hearing about that plant, but have heard nothing further since it was proposed.

[tosh]

2. Tampa Bay Seawater Desalination Plant

http://www.water-technology.net/projects/tampa/

"Despite a troubled history, including the bankruptcy of three of the companies involved and a dispute over ownership and control which reached the Federal Courts, the Tampa Bay plant became fully operational – nearly six years behind its original schedule.

The largest seawater desalination facility in the United States, it produces an initial 95,000m3 of water per day, with a future planned expansion planned to increase this by a further 37,000m3/day to help reduce the growing demand on the area's aquifers. "

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[Sancho]

3. We have spent millions, and get minimal water from the damn thing!

Swiftmud, the water police, are just another bunch of hacks. We've paid for desalination, reclaimed water, and reservoirs. The desalination process hardly works, the reservoirs are dry and leak, and the promise of "unlimited watering" after paying extra to hook the house to reclaimed water is now one day per week.