It sounds great in theory: using human ingenuity to make fresh water for the most parched state from the world's biggest ocean.

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For every two gallons of water the plant takes in, its reverse osmosis process will make one gallon of fresh water and send back to the ocean one gallon with twice the salinity level.

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What is required is to make sure that the drilling fluids and frack wastewater do not come in contact with the fresh water aquifers when the wells are being drilled, completed, or produced.

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