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New technology helps desalination of water for millions in California
Ediz Tiyansan
02:39

It’s been more than a decade since California became the first state in the nation to declare that clean, safe and affordable drinking water was a human right.

Yet nearly a million of its residents remain without access to potable water, many of them consuming contaminants from failed water systems, and facing a high risk of health issues.

The richest state in the nation is also home to some of the latest technology around water desalination.

CGTN’s Ediz Tiyansan reports from Los Angeles.

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