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Doheny Proposal: Desal Done Right

• Garry Brown writes a great commentary about why Doheny is the correct way to do desal vs Poseidon. Article can be found here.

Global Warming Does not Mean Drier SoCal

• UCR Professor, Robert Allen, has published a new paper regarding SoCal’s changing climate. Allen states

  “It’s all about smoothing the seasonable differences. If we can take advantage of the enhanced winter rainfall, we can hopefully get through the drying trends the rest of the year.

  . Based on Allen’s comment, we should be storing the water we have and not building a desal plant which will increase CO2.
  Read the summary here.

ANGER MANAGEMENT

• On July 18th the OCWD Directors approved the 2018 Term Sheet to purchase desalinated water from Poseidon Resources.
  If you are as mad at the slim majority of Directors who voted for “approval” as I am, I sympathize with you.
  Read More

Where will Poseidon water go?

• It has been two years since OCWD last tried to figure out what to do with Poseidon’s water. Have heard nothing more….Here is the link.

Poseidon Problems 101

• CoastKeeper put together this great video outlining the Problem with Poseidon.

Another Poseidon Cost

• OCWD estimates that it could cost an additional $350 million for additional wells to pump out Poseidon water.
  

OCWD Misleads Commission

• John Earl highlights how the Poseidon backed OCWD provides biased and misleading info to State Lands Commission. Article

Crony Capitalism in OC

• Debbie Cook has a great article in Surf City Voice showing Crony Capitalism thriving at OCWD.
  Link

  

  Big push for the “need” for the project.

State Land Commission Meeting

• The State Land Commission is meeting on 10/19/17 at 8AM to Approve:
  – Lease on intake/outflow pipe
  – Supplemental EIR
  See the State Lands Commission Flyer

Need for Desal Remains Cloudy

• Michael Hiltzik has a great article in the Business Section of the Los Angeles Times.  He highlights the reasons why a desalination plant in Huntington Beach does not make sense.

  Desalination typically is the most expensive water a community can buy.

Status In Carlsbad

• Great presentation to the CCC by Mandy Sackett

SD Desal Lesson to OC

• Marco Gonzalez has a great commentary in the SD Union Tribune.

  You don’t have to look too far for proof that Poseidon will be an unreliable partner.

California Could Have Stored Abundant Water Underground

• Newsdeeply has a great article about storing water during rainy years.  See it here.

  California has much more potential to store water underground in aquifers than in surface reservoirs. The state should be focused on this opportunity for future years, writes scientist Mohammad Safeeq.

Future of Desal in CA

• Interesting Article by Tony Davis.

  The future of coastal desalination in California could be determined by the decision on permits for a plant in Huntington Beach

The Ocean Isn’t the Answer in California

• Justin Fox posted an article on Bloomberg View about why desal does not make sense.

  Whenever there’s a drought in California, a seemingly obvious source of new water supply beckons. The state abuts a giant ocean. Why not just take the salt out of some of that seawater? It’s the high-tech, forward-looking thing to do, right? It’s also the really expensive thing to do.

  Read more here.

New Stanford Report: Desal Location is Key

• New Report from Stanford highlights the imports that the location of a desalination plant is critical for its overall success.  Key among these are:

  1. Easy access to renewable engine
  2. Ability to use subsurface intake
  3. Availability of other water supplies

  Article can be found here.

Managing Drought: Learning from Australia

• A new report shows strategies developed and mistakes made during Australia’s decade-long millennium drought provide a powerful resource for California, as the state enters its fifth year of severe drought.  The report can be found here.

South OC has little demand for Desal Water

• South Orange County has to import most of their water, but not too interested in expensive desal water.  Orange County Water District General Manager Michael Markus said the South Coast Water District plans to build a plant at Doheny State Beach in Dana Point that was expected to produce 15 million gallons of desalinated water per day.  However, Kennedy said
  

  [Doheny Desal] expected production was cut to 5 million gallons per day because of a lack of interest from surrounding water agencies

  The LA Times article can be found here.

Fact-Checked:SD Desal Water Dumped in Lake

• The Voice Of San Diego has a great article about the misleading (possibly lie) Scott Maloni said at an OCWD meeting regarding desal water being dumped in a lake.
  Here is the article

Carlsbad Desal Plant Launches Amid Ample Water

• Morgon Cook from San Diego Union Tribune writes:
  “The $1 billion desalination plant coming online next month in Carlsbad will fit right in with years of careful planning and investment in water supply in San Diego County.
  It will also worsen a peculiar San Diego problem amid a multi-year drought — oversupply of water.
  Unlike other parts of California, San Diego has 99 percent of the water needed for normal usage. But statewide conservation mandates have applied equally to areas that have plenty of water and those that don’t, so the result here has been water piling up unused while local water agencies raise rates to make up for lost sales.”

  Link to SD Union Tribune