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The cost of water from the plant will be $100 to $200 more per acre-foot than recycled water (approximately 0.045 cents per gallon), $1,000 to $1,100 more than reservoir water (approx. 0.32 cents per gallon), but $100 to $200 less than importing water from outside the county. [42] As of April 2015, San Diego County imported 90% of its water. [13]
The facility cost $1 billion to build and is the largest desalination facility in the Western Hemisphere producing up to 50 million gallons (190,000 m 3) of water per day. [26] As of December 2015, there are 6 additional seawater desalination plants currently in operation in the state of California.
Prices for piped water supply provided by utilities, be they publicly or privately managed, are determined administratively (see water tariffs). They vary from US$0.01 to almost US$8 per cubic meter (including sewer tariffs). Portland 2.17 gallons cost $0.01 [5]
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(The Center Square) - California utility prices have increased 51% more than then national average, while California rents have increased 21.6% less than national average, according to a new ...
The cost is now apparent. Michael Hiltzik. ... the equivalent of 325,851 gallons, is enough water to serve one or two average households today.) ... especially California, water scarcity is ...
The Metropolitan Water District of Southern California (the largest entitlement holder) pays $298 per acre-foot ($241 per 1,000 m 3). This basically means that cities are subsidizing the cost of farm water, even though the cities also provided primary funding for the construction of the SWP.
California water officials have estimated that the total costs of drinking water solutions for communities statewide amount to $11.5 billion over the next five years.