So many things could go wrong with a binational desalination plant, with the number of variables involved. Better that it become apparent in early stages. Last week, the desalination project planned by IDE Technologies was delivered a blow when the governor of Sonora, Alfonso Durazo, stated that Sonora had not given any sort of approval to the plant being built in Puerto Peñasco on the Sea of Cortez (AKA Gulf of California) to provide water to Arizona.
… Durazo said he’d “never meet with the company again.” (I will explain later why I question whether those of us who oppose a desalination plant can feel encouraged by this news.)