By DANIEL TROTTA, Reuters
Published July 29, 2021 6:41am
After spending 22 years and $100 million navigating a thicket of state regulations and environmentalists challenges, Poseidon Water is down to one major regulatory hurdle - the California Coastal Commission. HUNTINGTON BEACH, California - Environmentalists say desalination decimates ocean life, costs too much money and energy, and soon will be made obsolete by water recycling. But as Western states face an epic drought, regulators appear ready to approve a desalination plant in Huntington Beach, California. After spending 22 years and $100 million navigating a thicket of state regulations and environmentalists challenges, Poseidon Water is down to one major regulatory hurdle - the California Coastal Commission.
Desalination advances in California despite opponents pushing for alternatives
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Tentative order released for controversial Poseidon water project
Poseidon Water plans to build a seawater desalination plant next to the AES Huntington Beach Generating Station.
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The Santa Ana Regional Water Board released a tentative order Friday detailing proposed revisions to Poseidon Water’s controversial proposed $1.4-billion water desalination project in Huntington Beach.
The board’s tentative order would make Poseidon responsible for five mitigation projects, including four projects within the Bolsa Chica Wetlands and the restoration of a 41.5-acre rocky reef offshore of Palos Verdes. The four proposed wetlands projects include the long-term preservation of the wetland’s ocean inlet, restoration of the wetland’s intertidal shelf, restoration of the wetland’s muted tidal basin and creation of the muted tidal basin water circulating system.