Posted on 05/11/2022 6:40:29 AM PDT by BenLurkin
The proposed plant would operate like Poseidon Water’s site in Carlsbad, where ocean water is put through a process that includes using thousands of pressure vessels and reverse osmosis to remove the salt.
Poseidon officials say that from the time the water comes in from the ocean, it takes just about two hours to get it to the point where people can drink it.
In California, where water sources are shrinking, proponents of the project say the plant will provide a great drought-proof source of water.
In Huntington Beach, about 107 million gallons of seawater a day would be used to produce about 50 million gallons of drinking water.
Critics argue that the costs to rate payers — and the environment — are too high.
The report also claims that Poseidon’s proposals to mitigate those losses, which include plans to restore wetland areas, wouldn’t do enough to offset the damage.
There’s also the question of whether desalinated water is even needed.
Unlike other parts of Southern California that import most of their water from hundreds of miles away, the central and northern parts of Orange County have an underground aquifer that provides about 77% of the water used in the region.
Newsom supports building the desalination plant, arguing that having more water options is something that the state needs.
The Orange County Water District also joined Newsom in calling on the California Coastal Commission to approve the desalination project.
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Much of the water used in Los Angeles already comes from the Owens Valley, 200 miles to the north.
Never going to happen, the Nazi’s on the Coastal Commission will NEVER let this plan go through
Long past needed. Also, Nevada should get in on the action as well by supplying Los Vegas with desalinated water. LV to the nearest cost is less than 300 miles.
Runs on solar?
Desalination is good for the environment and rate payers by far.
The Coastal Commission is full of the worst tyrants in the nation. In my younger days I worked construction with my brother down in SoCal. They lie and they are ruthless. One house had full approval from everything needed. EVEN the coastal commission. After completely reframing and reroofing a house (mind you you aren’t allowed to just demolish and start over on certain houses and this was one of them) a Coastal Commission hack said the roof was too high by about 6” and that was measured while on a boat off shore. This was AFTER approval from the very same jerks. So everything is put on hold, they reject the appeals, get the architect, drafter, and engineer, so all new permits are pulled the contractor had to rent a crane to lift the roof while we cut the side walls and lower the roof 6”. They were constantly halting construction.
The GC said he dealt with the mafia all the time and all you do for them is pay them off and hire their labor goons and they go away. But not the Coastal Commission.
You are correct that they would never let this in. Even with the abandoned power plants in places like Morro Bay and soon to be Diablo Canyon they must protect something.... Glad I don’t live in that state anymore.
Brine is an out dated attack by backward thinking activists.
Look into how the Tampa Bay desalination plant handles this issue with ease.
The plant processes 40 million gallons (150 million liters) of seawater to produce 25 million gallons (95 million liters) of potable water. To avoid increasing the salinity of the bay, the concentrated brine that remains is mixed with seawater at a ratio of 70 to 1 before being discharged.
Shasta dam was designed to be raised to double the capacity.
Sacred ground along the Pit River has been used to prevent the increase.
The interstate fights over Colorado River water have been epic. It is the primary source for Southern California, taking more water than Arizona and Colorado combined. If California would decide to take care of their own problems for a change it would have a very salutary effect on the whole West.
Evaporation of sea water is a prime technique for harvesting lithium. btw.
***Critics argue that the costs to rate payers — and the environment — are too high. ***
About twenty years go there was a proposal to build a natural gas power plant in a local city in the LA, CA area. it was turned down for the same reason stated above.
The people cut their own economic throats not realizing how much revenue and taxes such a plant brings in and out for a city.
“The cost is too high” as opposed to the high speed rail. Yea, sure.
Agreed. Better for everyone.
No way this will happen. This is because it hasn’t happened before, because of the Californian aversion to such improvements.
They will pay a fortune for desalinization plants in Mexico, which then pipes fresh water north. And they would also pay if Oregon or Washington state did it.
This year the Sierra Nevada mountain range got a near record amount of snow, and the Californians did nothing to preserve or use it, letting it flow into the ocean. If their reservoirs are full, they open them up until they are low.
They are insane people.
As crazy as it sounds, back in the 70’s, California was trying to make a play for diverting water from the Columbia River and piping it across Oregon to their state.
What is he going to do, power it with pinwheels and unicorn farts?
Israel is your answer, look there, they supply 4 or 5 Middle East countries with water
So, does that mean one could no longer catch croaker, tom cod, or other ‘trash fish’ from the Huntington pier? Horrors!/sar
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