At the plant, Jim Cherry, left, and Jack Simes walked between two of the three giant solid contact reactors which remove suspended solids from the water.

• 联邦政府的官员已经启动了咸水脱盐工程，仿佛白象的演变。联邦政府官员特别希望可以除去地下水中的盐分，为附近居民用水造福。