Normy...you are right...hamper was a watered-down version of... needlessly fu(king with the process...because an endangered species might get caught up in the vacuum of sucking water out in deep water.
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Las Vega pays $47.00 for desalinated water... Israel pays $30.00...a month on average.
As of July 2022, Las Vegas has a supply of 50 days of consumption...of drinking water..per the town mayor. Looks like a $#!T$Torm to me.