Visionary Assemblyman Jared Huffman suggests that Petaluma (an other cities) build desalinization plants to alleviate the water shortage. One consequence would be that water rates would rise from $400 per acre foot to a minimum of $7000…and when did any public project ever come in at the minimum. We could reduce the cost significantly if – instead of electricity – we could run the facility on hot air piped in from Huffman’s office in San Rafael…