EIR for desal project approved – United States Ocean water desalination, in which salt and other compounds would be removed from water in the Pacific and introduced into the water supply for drinking and other potential uses, could have numerous potential benefits, West Basin said, including âreducing reliance on imported water, improving water security through increased local control of water supplies,â and âimproving climate resiliencyâ by providing a water source that is not dependent on the shifting volume of rain and snow that arrives each year. Opponents, however, have said that the project [âŠ] EIR for desal project approved – United StatesHIWI042019-11-23T19:52:37+01:00