# Is desalination going to be the solution to the water crisis? Questions and thoughts

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> [@DrDeth](#):
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> Where do they get the salt water to treat in the first place?

> **[Desalination](https://www.epwater.org/our_water/water_resources/desalination)**

> El Paso is home to the world’s largest inland desalination plant. El Paso has vast brackish (salty) groundwater resources that were previously unusable.

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