Editorial: Routine, cautious looks at desalination make sense for Marin

When voters in the Marin Municipal Water District elected three new board members – ousting two incumbents after another had retired from the panel – they came aboard with a promise to take a fresh look at the options and opportunities to bolster the resilience of the local water supply.

The election and change came in the wake of the district’s 2020 alarming warning that even with strict conservation measures the prolonged drought risked, within months, draining MMWD’s supply.

Then it rained.