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Public subsidies approved for San Diego County desalination project

latimes.com
Nov. 10, 2009
The vote by the Metropolitan Water District board means the private venture could get up to $350 million. Coastal groups opposed the action. Southern California's first major seawater desalination plant moved forward Tuesday when it won public subsides that could eventually amount to $350 million.
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Lori Anne Madison, 6, of Woodbridge, Virginia, spells out the letters in her word as she competes during the opening round of the Scripps National Spelling Bee, May 30, 2012, in National Harbor, Maryland. Madison, the youngest known qualifier in the history of the contest, correctly spelled the word "dirigible*", a lighter-than-air aircraft, to advance. UPI/Mike Theiler