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Should California use the ocean to quench its thirst?

As the state’s water supplies continue to dwindle during this drought, it’s always worth weighing the pros and cons of desalinization to meet the state’s water needs Groundwater keeps shrinking, reservoirs keep drying.

Is it time for California to use desalinization to increase its depleted water supplies?

California is enduring another punishing drought, this one only a few years after the last one ended, which was the most severe drought in the state’s nearly 500 years of recorded history.

Low winter snowpack combined with scorching summer temperatures and the [
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Should California use the ocean to quench its thirst?2022-12-11T23:25:43+01:00

New water plant in Menifee removes salt, fights drought – California

A plant that removes salt from water is now running in Menifee, giving officials another tool to reduce their reliance on imported water as California’s drought continues.

The Eastern Municipal Water District opened its third groundwater desalination plant, the Perris II Groundwater Desalination Facility.

The plant will remove salt from underground water basins tapped by wells in Perris — nearly 5.4 million gallons of water per day.

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New water plant in Menifee removes salt, fights drought – California2022-12-11T23:28:37+01:00

Monterey County elected officials to debate a change in desal law – California

Desalination projects have always been a contentious issue in Monterey County and a proposal that will be mulled by elected officials Tuesday afternoon is sure to raise the eyebrows of advocates for publicly owned desal projects.

The idea that will be presented to the Board of Supervisors during its afternoon session beginning at 1:30 p.m. is an amendment to an existing ordinance allowing only public ownership of desal plants rather than private ownership.

Tuesday’s action won’t approve or deny the ordinance, rather it will allow supervisors to give the nod [
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Monterey County elected officials to debate a change in desal law – California2022-06-07T13:59:56+02:00

Rationing, saltwater toilets and desalination: How Catalina hopes to survive historic drought

Thirty years the town of Avalon on Catalina Island became the first city on the West Coast to have its own municipal desalination plant.

It was developing technology at the time, and the city hoped it would provide a stable source of drinking water on an island 23 miles off the coast of Southern California with few other options.

“I don’t know what we would have done without desalination,” said Avalon Mayor Anni Marshall, who has lived here for 38 years. “It’s been a huge help for us.”

Rationing, saltwater toilets and desalination: How Catalina hopes to survive historic drought2022-06-01T11:09:59+02:00

California is in a water crisis, yet usage is way up. Officials are focused on the wrong problem, advocates say – California

California is facing a crisis. Not only are its reservoirs already at critically low levels due to unrelenting drought, residents and businesses across the state are also using more water now than they have in seven years, despite Gov. Gavin Newsom’s efforts to encourage just the opposite.

Newsom has pleaded with residents and businesses to reduce their water consumption by 15%. But in March, urban water usage was up by 19% compared to March 2020, the year the current drought began. It was the highest March water consumption since 2015, the State [
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California is in a water crisis, yet usage is way up. Officials are focused on the wrong problem, advocates say – California2022-05-15T20:13:17+02:00

California Coastal Commission Rejects $1.4B Desalination Project – California

After a marathon, nearly 10-hour public hearing, the California Coastal Commission voted unanimously on May 12 to deny a permit to Poseidon Water for the construction of a new desalination plant in Huntington Beach, Calif.

The vote brings to an end an odyssey that began more than two decades ago for Poseidon Water, which had attempted to meet the requirements of California’s coastal protection and other environmental laws to be able to build a desalination plant capable of producing 50 million gallons a day of drinking water in Orange County.

California Coastal Commission Rejects $1.4B Desalination Project – California2022-05-14T15:06:20+02:00

California Regulator Rejects Plan For Desalination Plant – California

California regulators on Thursday denied approval for a $1.4 billion plant to remove salt from sea water, a project criticized on environmental grounds but backed by California Governor Gavin Newsom as a necessary tool to counter a sustained drought.

The California Coastal Commission voted 11-0 to reject the proposal by Poseidon Water, a company controlled by the infrastructure arm of Canada’s Brookfield Asset Management, to build the desalination plant in Huntington Beach.

The plant was designed to convert enough Pacific Ocean water into drinking water for 400,000 [
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California Regulator Rejects Plan For Desalination Plant – California2022-05-13T09:18:05+02:00

Developer wants to build $1.4 billion seawater desalination plant in Huntington Beach – California

A developer wants to build a $1.4 billion desalination plant to turn seawater into drinking water off the shore of Huntington State Beach.

The California Coastal Commission is expected to vote Thursday on the Poseidon Water plant, which would be built near Pacific Coast Highway and Magnolia.

“The site in Huntington Beach is a perfect site for sea water desalination,” said Jessica Jones, director of communications at Poseidon Water, a U.S. seawater desalination developer.

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Developer wants to build $1.4 billion seawater desalination plant in Huntington Beach – California2022-05-11T14:59:01+02:00

Newsom’s pragmatism on desalination, Diablo Canyon nuclear plant makes sense – California

The editorial board operates independently from the U-T newsroom but holds itself to similar ethical standards. We base our editorials and endorsements on reporting, interviews and rigorous debate, and strive for accuracy, fairness and civility in our section. Disagree? Let us know. A strong case can be made that modern environmentalism was born in California.

In 1864, Yosemite Valley and a nearby grove of sequoias became the nation’s first publicly protected wilderness area. Exactly 100 years later, after many other environmental landmarks, the state issued the world’s first tailpipe-emission standards. This history [
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Newsom’s pragmatism on desalination, Diablo Canyon nuclear plant makes sense – California2022-05-06T11:07:28+02:00

Coastal Panel Staff Advises Against Huntington Beach Desalination Plant – California

A proposed California desalination plant that would produce 50 million gallons of drinking water per day failed a crucial regulatory hurdle on Monday, possibly dooming a project that had been promoted as a partial solution for sustained drought.

The staff of the California Coastal Commission recommended denying approval of the Huntington Beach plant proposed by Poseidon Water, controlled by the infrastructure arm of Canada’s Brookfield Asset Management.

The commission’s staff said the project was more susceptible to sea-level rise than was understood when it was first proposed [
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Coastal Panel Staff Advises Against Huntington Beach Desalination Plant – California2022-04-27T14:57:12+02:00
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