Google Earth Community: Saltwater factory

I'm not positive that's the Desalinization and Power Plant. I believe that's the Lago Oil Refinery.

The Balashi Power Plant is located NW of a large "inlet" further NW from here. The island isn't that big, so you could just follow the coast west and north from here.

Interesting side note, the Balashi plant is also where they bottle their water and world famous beer, called... oddly enough... Balashi Beer. You can ususally find it in your specialty shops.

I've never heard of them running out of water before, but the process is rather costly. That's why there's a need for the bottled beer. *grin*

Also, the water is very clean. I'm not sure what hotel you were staying at, but I wouldn't go back. The desalinization process produces some of the cleanest water on earth, so I'm surprised about the yellow water.

Most locals also do not use water heaters. The "cold" water that flows through the pipes is anywhere between 65 and 75 degrees F.

-Villain

P.S. I'm working on a quick list of interesting points on Aruba, sans any Natalee Holloway references. I'll post a link as soon as it's up.

Um, it's up, so take a look.

Edited by Villain (10/28/05 07:39 PM)

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