Diversification or loading order? Divergent water-energy politics and the contradictions of desalination in Southern California (1935-2018)

This paper explores the contradictory and sometimes incompatible imperatives towards enhancing water supply reliability and addressing the water-energy nexus. Using the highly contested development of seawater desalination for municipal water supply in the San Diego metropolitan region as an analy...

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Main Author: Joe Williams
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Water Alternatives Association 2018-10-01
Series:Water Alternatives
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Online Access:http://www.water-alternatives.org/index.php/alldoc/articles/vol11/v11issue3/467-a11-3-20/file