South Orange County gears up for future droughts, water emergencies – California While the water districts of south Orange County appear well-poised to handle this second year of drought, most of that region is almost entirely dependent on imported water and officials are busy developing alternative sources. An online gathering of top water officials on Friday, June 25, detailed the current water availability in south county and outlined projects to supplant imports should future flows from northern California and the Colorado River be curtailed by dwindling supplies or interrupted by earthquakes. “The bad news for California as a whole and the […] South Orange County gears up for future droughts, water emergencies – CaliforniaDME GmbH2021-06-26T14:13:05+02:00
Regional Water Board Approves Poseidon Permit, Coastal Commission to Weigh in Next – California Poseidon Water has been granted a permit from the local water board for its controversial desalination plant in Huntington Beach, a project that has been in the works for roughly two decades. Poseidon will still need to get approval from the California Coastal Commission in order to move forward with plans and will still need to finalize a purchase agreement with the Orange County Water District in order to have customers. At the continued Santa Ana Regional Water Quality Control Board hearing on April 29, the board voted 4-3 […] Regional Water Board Approves Poseidon Permit, Coastal Commission to Weigh in Next – CaliforniaDME GmbH2021-05-14T13:28:17+02:00
Monterey venture moves a step closer to increasing area water supply – California The 10 members of the board of Monterey One Water all voted to approve an environmental document called a supplemental environmental impact report, or SEIR, that advances closer to the expansion of its regional treatment plant. Monterey One is the sewer treatment provider in northern Monterey County that has invested in proven technology that can purify wastewater to the degree it becomes drinkable. It is then reintroduced into local groundwater. Typically people only use just 10% of their fresh water for drinking and cooking, according to research from […] Monterey venture moves a step closer to increasing area water supply – CaliforniaDME GmbH2021-04-28T16:54:19+02:00
Water Authority Offers to Help Parched Areas of California with Stored Supply in Central Valley -California The San Diego County Water Authority’s board has directed its staff to explore opportunities to help other water districts weather an emerging drought across California. The authority said that because of three decades of investment in supply reliability, along with a continued emphasis on water-use efficiency, the San Diego region has sufficient water supplies for multiple dry years. Those investments include high-priority Colorado River water from the Imperial Valley, seawater desalination, and access to the Semitropic Original Water Bank in Kern County, where the authority has stored about 16,000 […] Water Authority Offers to Help Parched Areas of California with Stored Supply in Central Valley -CaliforniaDME GmbH2021-04-25T01:31:29+02:00
Permit terms might kill Poseidon desalination proposal in Huntington Beach – California Recommended terms for a permit to build Poseidon Water’s controversial desalination plant in Huntington Beach would make it impossible to get financing for the $1.4 billion project, according to the developer. Regulators question that claim, although they acknowledge that the requirements could create financing obstacles. Poseidon’s three-year effort to win a permit from the Santa Ana Regional Water Quality Control Board is scheduled to culminate within the next month, with a vote as soon as the board’s April 23 meeting. (LINK). Permit terms might kill Poseidon desalination proposal in Huntington Beach – CaliforniaDME GmbH2021-04-15T15:05:26+02:00
Column: This desalination plan stinks all the way from Orange County to Gov. Newsom’s office – California You’d need a scorecard, a good set of reading glasses and a special prosecutor to stay on top of it all. The botched vaccine rollout, mixed messaging and delivery inequities are enough to keep anyone busy. And when the state introduced the My Turn vaccination scheduling system, which was supposed to straighten things out, nobody was surprised to learn that it’s full of bugs, or that people of means managed to get vaccinations intended for low-income communities hardest hit by COVID-19. On top of that, we’ve had one of […] Column: This desalination plan stinks all the way from Orange County to Gov. Newsom’s office – CaliforniaDME GmbH2021-03-07T15:09:53+01:00
California Gov. Newsom pushes private seawater desalting plant despite local, environmental opposition – California When Gov. Gavin Newsom was photographed dining at an opulent Napa Valley restaurant during a surge in coronavirus cases, many Californians saw it as hypocrisy. For opponents of a planned $1 billion desalination plant along the Orange County coast, however, the optics were menacing. The unmasked Newsom was celebrating the birthday of a lobbyist for Poseidon Water, which is close to obtaining final government approval for one of the country’s biggest seawater desalination plants. Poseidon boasts that the facility will provide a local, inexhaustible source of water for Southern […] California Gov. Newsom pushes private seawater desalting plant despite local, environmental opposition – CaliforniaDME GmbH2021-02-24T15:43:39+01:00
Eastern Municipal Water District To Receive $25M In Federal Funds – California The Eastern Municipal Water District will receive $25 million in federal funds over the next several years to expand its desalination program, increasing fresh water stocks and reducing dependence on water imports, the agency announced Tuesday. The Perris-based EMWD was selected to receive the additional funding under the recently approved federal Water Resources Development Act, and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers will be responsible for distributing the funds. „EMWD is incredibly appreciative of our federal elected officials and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers for their partnership and […] Eastern Municipal Water District To Receive $25M In Federal Funds – CaliforniaDME GmbH2021-01-06T15:29:22+01:00
Here’s what desalination plant projects private companies presented to City Council – Texas The city of Corpus Christi won’t decide how it’s going to build and operate a desalination plant until next year or 2022. But during its regular meeting Tuesday, City Council heard from 10 companies that presented their proposals for alternative water sources for Corpus Christi. Two of the proposals were for ground water projects, two were for wastewater reuse and six were for desalination. (LINK). Here’s what desalination plant projects private companies presented to City Council – TexasDME GmbH2020-10-02T14:55:34+02:00
Water company withdraws desalination proposal as battle over environmental justice heats up – California Amid mounting controversy and concerns over environmental justice, California American Water on Wednesday withdrew its application for a desalination project in the small Monterey Bay town of Marina. The proposal had become one of the most fraught issues to come before the California Coastal Commission, which was set to vote Thursday. The decision would have been the first major test of the commission’s new power to review not only harm to the environment when making decisions but also harm to underrepresented communities. (LINK). Water company withdraws desalination proposal as battle over environmental justice heats up – CaliforniaDME GmbH2020-09-17T16:31:38+02:00