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Letter to the Editor:

Desalinization would really help Nevada

Richard Bates, Las Vegas

Thursday, March 6, 2008 | 2 a.m.

I totally agree with Dorothy McGrath’s Feb. 24 letter to the editor about desalinization. If we can bring oil across Alaska and gas from the Gulf of Mexico to New England, we can surely bring water from the coast into Las Vegas.

Just imagine what this can do for Southern Nevada and Arizona. The politicians of all concerned states just have to do the right thing, and this is it. This can be done and it should be done without hesitation.

Discussion: 1 comment so far…

  1. By davidkstyler
    3/17/08 at 10:48 a.m.
    Suggest removal

    We already do this, it's called bottled water.

    But seriously, "the coast" doesn't want treatment plants, or the associated power plants, in their backyard. The complainers are called NIMBYs (Not In My Back Yard).

    California NIMBYs even want to control the type of power plant Nevada has in its backyard!

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