Is Desalination Feasible for Santa Monica? – Santa Monica – USA Coleridge was not writing about Santa Monica in this poem but he may as well have been. Santa Monica, like all of coastal Southern California, sits next to the Pacific Ocean, the worldâs largest body of water but because of the salt, the water is undrinkable. This could soon change, however, as local water experts consider the possibility of removing the salt from the ocean to make it drinkable in a process known as desalination. It is a myth the greater Los Angeles area is a desert but its [âŚ] Is Desalination Feasible for Santa Monica? – Santa Monica – USAHIWI042018-09-21T19:42:26+02:00