Poseidon Water, the company that runs the seawater desalination facility in Carlsbad, is pushing to build another desalination plant in Huntington Beach.
"We developed the project in Carlsbad and have been operating that facility since we came online in 2015. In that time, we have produced almost 90 billion gallons of fresh water for San Diego County residents," said Jessica Jones, director of communications for Poseidon Water.
But, not everyone is on board with the plan. Opponents have pointed out concerns over environmental conservation, marine life, rise in water bills, and the hefty 1.4 billion dollar project cost. "The screens at the intake are 1-millimeter screens and the intake is at a very slow velocity," said Jones."The tiny larvae that are brought into the plant would equate to a pound and a half of fish every day, that is about the daily diet of one brown pelican." She said the project has been studied for 20 years.
Surfrider has worked for twenty years to protect the coasts and prevent the Poseidon desalination plant from moving forward as the project would irreparably undermine the state’s environmental justice commitments, climate change goals and sea level rise adaptation policies.
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