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.