Marc Serna News Today

Southern California water agencies recently entered into an agreement that could provide the South Coast Water District up to $39.9 million in incentives for producing water through its Doheny Ocean Desalination Project.

State regulators are watching the Doheny proposal, in part because it offers a real-time look at both the promise and the challenge of turning seawater into tap water for consumers in California.

While landlocked states struggle to find solutions to the western water crisis, California is home to one of the longest coastlines.