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After Nixing 50-Million-Gallon-A-Day Desalination Plant, California Demands Residents Use Less Water
The Federalist ^ | 05/30/2022 | Tristan Justice

Posted on 05/30/2022 8:53:54 PM PDT by SeekAndFind

California residents were slapped with tighter water restrictions Tuesday two weeks after state officials spiked plans for a $1.4 billion saltwater desalination plant in Orange County amid a season of historic drought.

The State Water Resources Control Board unanimously voted to implement a statewide watering ban for ornamental lawns at businesses and commercial properties as residents brace for a prolonged drought, the driest drought of its length in 1,200 years. Local government will also be required to reduce water use by up to 20 percent.

“California is facing a drought crisis and every local water agency and Californian needs to step up on conservation efforts,” said California Gov. Gavin Newsom in a press release upon adoption of the new restrictions. “These conservation measures are increasingly important as we enter the summer months. I’m asking all Californians to step up, because every single drop counts.”

The latest map from the U.S. Drought Monitor updated Thursday shows the entire state under drought conditions. Reservoirs meanwhile remain depleted while snowpack is only at 8 percent of normal levels by this point in the year, according to state data.

Despite the dire drought conditions also placing an increasingly unreliable power grid in jeopardy of periodic blackouts, the California Coastal Commission rejected the latest proposal from a major water developer to construct a desalination plant in Huntington Beach. If built, the company behind the project, Poseidon Water, says the plant would make 50 million gallons of drinking water available to residents on a daily basis by next year. After a more than two-decade effort to appease public officials for a green light on construction, the state Coastal Commission unanimously turned it down based on routine concerns over risks to marine habitat and “environmental justice.” The commission argued the energy-intensive process of desalination presented too much of a coastal hazard while raising local water prices.

California, the most populated state with the fifth most coastline of any in the nation, has 12 desalination plants in operation as drought worsens across the western United States. Less than 8 percent of the western U.S. excluding Colorado and Wyoming are under normal water conditions, which are both entirely rated at minimum as “abnormally dry” by the National Drought Mitigation Center.


TOPICS: Business/Economy; Culture/Society; News/Current Events; US: California
KEYWORDS: california; desalination; shortage; water
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To: algore

Cute kitty ;^D


61 posted on 06/04/2022 7:27:44 PM PDT by Bikkuri (I am proud to be a PureBlood.)
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To: Bikkuri; Jane Long; colonelzanders

Oh yeah, this guy. He’s been spamming threads with one of those long, annoying posts with a bazillion links.

He goes on and on about California in a way that makes me wonder if he’s a retread of a troll who was zotted late last year.


62 posted on 06/04/2022 7:28:20 PM PDT by Allegra
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To: Jane Long

Oh, remind me tomorrow to wake the Admin Mods up ;)


63 posted on 06/04/2022 7:32:50 PM PDT by Bikkuri (I am proud to be a PureBlood.)
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To: SeekAndFind

“based on routine concerns over risks to marine habitat and “environmental justice.”

A hell of a note when human beings have to go without water over marine life and “environmental justice.” Bring back the days when common sense ruled the land.


64 posted on 06/04/2022 7:34:16 PM PDT by oldvirginian (The CCP is the world's largest criminal organization.)
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To: SeekAndFind

I just wish we could kick California out of the country. The whole state


65 posted on 06/04/2022 7:38:55 PM PDT by kjam22
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To: Allegra

Yep….smells like a wannabezottedagain retread. ;-)


66 posted on 06/04/2022 7:41:24 PM PDT by Jane Long (What we were told was a “conspiracy theory” in 2020 is now fact. 🙏🏻 Ps 33:12)
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To: SeekAndFind

And the illegals just keep flooding in.


67 posted on 06/04/2022 7:41:37 PM PDT by jetson (chiwowa)
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To: Bikkuri

:-)

Wakey, wakey, mods 😴💤


68 posted on 06/04/2022 7:42:16 PM PDT by Jane Long (What we were told was a “conspiracy theory” in 2020 is now fact. 🙏🏻 Ps 33:12)
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To: Allegra
I can't say either way.. You know we all had to grow some thick skin after we signed up here.. could be his temper getting the best of him..








This is the first time I have noticed him (/brought to my attention), but on FR, anything is possible 😉

That is what the VKs are here for.. and it looks like playtime ;^) (it has been a LONG time since the kitties have come out to play before ozone happens!)
69 posted on 06/04/2022 7:42:40 PM PDT by Bikkuri (I am proud to be a PureBlood.)
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To: Jane Long

Good thing I copy/pasted his post... he is still alive, buy comment is gone :P


70 posted on 06/04/2022 7:44:10 PM PDT by Bikkuri (I am proud to be a PureBlood.)
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To: Bikkuri

Wrist slap.

Disappointing, considering the post.

> sigh <


71 posted on 06/04/2022 7:55:09 PM PDT by Jane Long (What we were told was a “conspiracy theory” in 2020 is now fact. 🙏🏻 Ps 33:12)
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To: Jane Long; Allegra; algore
Did someone hit the abuse button on my ping? It seems to have disappeared 🤔
73 posted on 06/04/2022 8:15:25 PM PDT by Bikkuri (I am proud to be a PureBlood.)
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To: Bikkuri

That is quite strange.


74 posted on 06/04/2022 8:21:04 PM PDT by Jane Long (What we were told was a “conspiracy theory” in 2020 is now fact. 🙏🏻 Ps 33:12)
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To: Bikkuri

Bizarre…


75 posted on 06/04/2022 8:27:02 PM PDT by Allegra
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To: All
Let's see what the score is here:

Snarky comments about the Mods: plenty

Actual help by hitting the Abuse button on this clown: 0

Discussion over. Have a nice night, all.

76 posted on 06/04/2022 8:30:19 PM PDT by Admin Moderator
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To: colonelzanders; Bikkuri
It appears my links and evidence has ruffled some feathers of people who demand that Democrats honestly win elections

Dream on, Skippy. You’re assigning false importance to yourself.

Your posts are just long, spammy and annoying. 😏

77 posted on 06/04/2022 8:59:24 PM PDT by Allegra
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"Your posts are just long, spammy and annoying."

I looked some of those posts up.. You aren't kidding :P

"It appears my links and evidence has ruffled some feathers of people who demand that Democrats honestly win elections"


What you posted in this thread had NOTHING to do with the topic. It was an effort to throw insults at other states with racist comments and pro-abortion leanings.

If you want to be a FReeper, you need to grow some thick skin to survive.

If you are offended by a particular subject, keep calm and explain your views instead of throwing a temper tantrum and throwing your anger at others (who may not even be involved.. in this case other states).

If something irritates me to that point, I stay away from the KB until I cool down.
(thankfully, I haven't had that issue for many years.. and if the topic/subject is one I don't like, I skip the thread.)

A perfect example is the Uke/Rus threads. I personally believe that we shouldn't even be involved, we have our own issues at home (the USA). So, I skip those threads, because all we see are others slinging mud at each other and dividing FR friends.
We don't even know which side is throwing out more propaganda (truth/fiction)..
78 posted on 06/04/2022 9:30:15 PM PDT by Bikkuri (I am proud to be a PureBlood.)
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