In a warming world, freshwater production is moving deep beneath the sea
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Jaden Gilliam, OceanWell project engineer, left, and Mark Golay, director of engineering projects, lower a prototype reverse osmosis pod into Las Virgenes Reservoir in Westlake Village, Calif., Monday, Dec. 1, 2025. (AP Photo/Annika Hammerschlag)Pipes carrying brackish feed water run through the Carlsbad desalination plant in Carlsbad, Calif., Tuesday, Dec. 2, 2025. (AP Photo/Annika Hammerschlag)Reverse osmosis machinery operates at the Carlsbad desalination plant in Carlsbad, Calif., Tuesday, Dec. 2, 2025. (AP Photo/Annika Hammerschlag)A sectioned-off area of the Agua Hedionda Lagoon marks the seawater intake for the Carlsbad desalination plant in Carlsbad, Calif., Tuesday, Dec. 2, 2025. (AP Photo/Annika Hammerschlag)A sea lion basks in the sun in La Jolla, Calif., Wednesday, Dec. 3, 2025. (AP Photo/Annika Hammerschlag)A prototype OceanWell reverse osmosis pod sits on the dock at the Las Virgenes Reservoir in Westlake Village, Calif., Monday, Dec. 1, 2025, where the deep sea desalination technology is being tested. (AP Photo/Annika Hammerschlag)A prototype OceanWell reverse osmosis pod is lowered into Las Virgenes Reservoir in Westlake Village, Calif., Monday, Dec. 1, 2025, where the deep sea desalination technology is being tested. (AP Photo/Annika Hammerschlag)This photo shows the intake screen of OceanWell's prototype reverse osmosis pod that is designed to allow microscopic organisms such as plankton to safely pass through in Westlake Village, Calif., Monday, Dec. 1, 2025. (AP Photo/Annika Hammerschlag)The remains of fire-damaged homes sit in a cleared-out block in the Palisades neighborhood of Los Angeles, Calif., Monday, Dec. 1, 2025. (AP Photo/Annika Hammerschlag)Garibaldi, Californias state fish, which are vulnerable to impingement on desalination intake screens, swim in La Jolla, Calif., Tuesday, Dec. 2, 2025. (AP Photo/Annika Hammerschlag)Strands of kelp rise from a thinned kelp forest in La Jolla, Calif., Tuesday, Dec. 2, 2025. (AP Photo/Annika Hammerschlag)A drone view shows the Carlsbad desalination plant's intake lagoon on the right and the discharge canal on the left, Tuesday, Dec. 2, 2025, in Carlsbad, Calif. (AP Photo/Annika Hammerschlag)Pipes carrying brine and other substances run through the Carlsbad desalination plant in Carlsbad, Calif., Tuesday, Dec. 2, 2025. (AP Photo/Annika Hammerschlag)
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Jaden Gilliam, OceanWell project engineer, left, and Mark Golay, director of engineering projects, lower a prototype reverse osmosis pod into Las Virgenes Reservoir in Westlake Village, Calif., Monday, Dec. 1, 2025. (AP Photo/Annika Hammerschlag)