We don't have much time and the people who need the water can't afford the cost of the desal water that we would get. The estimates is something like twenty five hundred dollars per acre feet [for desalinated water]. When water right now is, you know, to the extent that it's traded in the market, it's about $200amarket fee. That's not reflecting it's two crop costs right now. (19:27–19:33)
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Asserts that desalinated water is estimated to cost $2,500 per acre-foot.
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