desalination

The Water We Stopped Removing

Ridgeline has eleven critical supply chain dependencies. I know because I maintain the list. It is taped to the wall next to my whiteboard, updated every thirty days, and color-coded by severity. Red means a disruption cascades within seventy-two hours. Orange means a week. Yellow means two. Two items on that list have been red for longer than I am comfortable admitting: power storage and fresh water. You already know about the power. James Chen’s microreactor is coming — projected first criti