(Carlsbad Desalinization Plant in San Diego County)
Los Angeles (CNN)As California battles a historic drought and a water crisis looms, the state’s coastline protection agency is poised to vote Thursday.
The issue is on whether it will allow a $1.4 billion desalinization plant in Huntington Beach that would convert ocean water into municipal water for Orange County residents.
Poseidon Water, which has been trying to build the plant for decades, says it would be capable of producing up to 50 million gallons of drinking water a day.
This additional plant would help to make the region more drought resilient.
But desalination opponents argue less expensive and less harmful conservation tactics should be the first resort.
Regardless of which side of the argument you may on, as the earth warms, less water will be available for a growing population.
There are already some parts of the world that have no water.
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