The seas are not our only recourse and that we aim to make it feasible to mine, desalt, and put to productive use the brackish groundwater which underlies more than 2 million square miles of the United States.
Lyndon Johnson: “The seas are not our only recourse and that we aim to make it feasible to mine, desalt, and put to productive use the…”
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Remarks at the Signing of the Saline Water Conversion Act
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