Vanderhoef reluctantly says Rockland desalination plant likely to be built
Photo credit: Angela Gaul | Environmental engineer Kathryn Rodriguez of the Bronx works in the Haverstraw Water Supply Project's pilot test facility in West Haverstraw. (May 23, 2012)
Desalination Water Treatment Plant project in Haverstraw
Despite opposition from environmentalists and serious reservations about the economics of building a desalination water treatment plant in Haverstraw to serve Rockland residents, the county's highest elected official predicted Thursday that the controversial project will eventually be approved.
"The jury is out on that issue because the cost of electricity on those desal plants is enormous...
