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$1.4 Billion Huntington Beach Desalination Plant Approved The Santa Ana Regional Water Board has approved a $1.4 billion desalination plant in Huntington Beach. The board voted 4–3 during an April 29 meeting to issue a wastewater discharge permit to Poseidon Resources LLC, which is planning to construct and operate the desalination facility. Board members Daniel Selmi, Tom Rivera, William Ruh, and Lana Peterson voted in favor of the item. Kris Murray, Joe Kerr and Letitia Clark voted against it. The permit allows Poseidon to operate the facility before all other permits are grant...
Print Poseidon Water came a step closer to building its controversial $1.4-billion water desalination plant on Thursday. Following hours of deliberation, the Santa Ana Regional Water Board agreed to grant Poseidon a wastewater discharge permit that would allow the project adjacent to the AES power station on Newland Street to move ahead. On Thursday night after a 10-plus hour meeting, the board voted 4-3 to issue the permit, a compromise proposed by board member Daniel Selmi and dubbed “prohibition with an off-ramp.” The permit would allow the company to operate the facility before all of...
Poseidon wins key seawater desalination permit Bettina Boxall © (Allen J. Schaben / Los Angeles Times) Poseidon Water plans to build one of the nation's largest seawater desalination plants on the grounds of the AES Huntington Beach Power Station. (Allen J. Schaben / Los Angeles Times) Poseidon Water won a key approval Thursday in its long quest to build a seawater desalination plant on the Orange County coastline. But the permit from the Santa Ana Regional Quality Control Board does not ensure that the $1-billion ocean desalter will rise on the grounds of an old power plan...