A prototype OceanWell reverse osmosis pod sits on the dock Dec. 1 at the Las Virgenes Reservoir in Westlake Village, Calif., where the technology is tested.
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Jaden Gilliam, OceanWell project engineer, left, and Mark Golay, director of engineering projects, lower a prototype reverse osmosis pod Dec. 1 into the reservoir.
Annika Hammerschlag, Associated Press
The intake screen of OceanWell's prototype reverse osmosis pod, designed to allow microscopic organisms such as plankton to safely pass through, is seen Dec. 1 in Westlake Village, Calif.
Annika Hammerschlag, Associated Press
A prototype OceanWell reverse osmosis pod is lowered Dec. 1 into Las Virgenes Reservoir in Westlake Village, Calif.
Annika Hammerschlag, Associated Press
The Carlsbad desalination plant's intake lagoon is seen Dec. 2 on the right and the discharge canal on the left.
Annika Hammerschlag, Associated Press
A sectioned-off area of the Agua Hedionda Lagoon marks the seawater intake for the Carlsbad desalination plant Dec. 2 in Carlsbad, Calif.
Annika Hammerschlag, Associated Press
Reverse osmosis machinery operates Dec. 2 at the Carlsbad desalination plant in Carlsbad, Calif.
Annika Hammerschlag, Associated Press
Pipes carrying brackish feed water Dec. 2 run through the Carlsbad desalination plant.
Annika Hammerschlag, Associated Press
Pipes carrying brine and other substances Dec. 2 run through the Carlsbad desalination plant.
Annika Hammerschlag, Associated Press
Remnants of fire-damaged homes are seen Dec. 1 in the Palisades neighborhood of Los Angeles, Calif.
Annika Hammerschlag, Associated Press
Garibaldi, California’s state fish, which are vulnerable to impingement on desalination intake screens, swim Dec. 2 in La Jolla, Calif.
Annika Hammerschlag, Associated Press
A sea lion basks in the sun Dec. 3 in La Jolla, Calif.
Annika Hammerschlag, Associated Press
Kelp rises Dec. 2 from a thinned kelp forest in La Jolla, Calif.
