Rohnert Park company working on more efficient and earth-friendly ways to get the salt out of sea water

Editor's Note: The Press Democrat is publishing a series of stories about Sonoma County innovators who are tackling global warming. We invite reade...

August 31, 2022
11:24 PM

Editor's Note: The Press Democrat is publishing a series of stories about Sonoma County innovators who are tackling global warming. We invite readers to propose stories of those involved locally in climate change. Share your ideas by contacting our editor, rick.green@pressdemocrat.com. As the current drought stretches into its third year, demands to desalinate ocean water rise, especially in such places as Sonoma County and its more than 55 miles of coastline. But putting a desalination plant on the Sonoma County coast seems unlikely, especially after the California Coastal Commission in May rejected construction of a desalination plant in Huntington Beach that had been studied for more than 15 years, said entrepreneur John Webley.

MARY FRICKER