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Yuma Desalting plant again idle

The Yuma Sun

The Yuma Desalting Plant is quiet once again. Its 90-day demonstration run to reduce salinity in water returned to the Colorado River ended at midnight Thursday.

It was the first time in 14 years the $245 million plant had operated - and its output has exceeded federal officials' expectations.

Jim Cherry, Bureau of Reclamation manager in Yuma, said the plant ran "wonderfully."

"We had anticipated a little less than 3,000-acre-feet (one acre-foot is 325,851 gallons) and we got a little over 4,000 sent back to the river," he said.

Posted by Editor at June 2, 2007 09:42 PM

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