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Actually, Guam's aquifer has little risk of getting "salty" as of now, much less for going dry. The risk which was explained during the Island Sustainability Conference this past week is when Guam has a drought for over 5 years, not just one. The other Micronesian islands have shorter aquifers which is why they are at higher risk than us on Guam.
Desalination can be accomplished cheaply by proper gravitational filtering, but it is the filters that will cost in the initial investment. We hope that importing bottled water is still the cheaper way to ride out the drought which is only temporary in nature.
Guam had a severe drought in the 1990's that was of grave concern to all the island, including the military.
The former Governnor Paul M. Calvo once requested that an Indian from North America do a rain dance on Guam, but I guess it was just the timing, because rains fell abundantly on Guam as usual at the start of the monsoon season in July, 1990.
Let's hope this will happen in Palau and the rest of Micronesia.
Yes there is technology out there to desalinize ocean water, but it is very expensive, even California could not afford it for a while. How can FSM afford a desalination plant as they are the most vulnerable to drought?
Actually, anyone who lives nest to a huge ocean has no excuse for lack of water. Technology is there to address all the water they need.