Today, many experts, including members of the Texas Water Development Board, recommend undertaking a major project to ensure future sustainability, such as a desalination plant on the Gulf Coast.

今天，很多专家(包括德州水发展局的成员)，建议着手一项重要工程以保证未来水资源的可持续性，比如在海岸线建设脱盐工厂。

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HOLD the SALT: This desalination plant in Tampa, Fla., is the biggest reverse-osmosis facility in the U.S. Image: Tampa Bay water.

留住盐分：加利福尼亚的坦帕，美国最大的反渗透海水淡化厂。

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An on-site desalination plant means that the operation generates its own water for cooling.

发电厂现场内的一个海水淡化厂提供给本厂所需的冷却水。

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Just north of San Diego, on a site overlooking the Pacific Ocean, Poseidon Resources is building the biggest water desalination plant in the United States.

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In Corralejo, a wind farm is associated to a water desalination plant, while the University of La Laguna is developing a biofuel production project using jatropha curas seeds.

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While low flow fixtures, rainfall collection, and solar panels help to conserve water and energy, the desalination plant and wind farm that were part of the original plan are the kinds of large-scale facilities that would make this community truly stand out as a worldwide front-runner in sustainability.

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