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The Las Virgenes Municipal Water District is looking to harvest drinking water from desalination pods placed on the ocean floor. The Las Virgenes Municipal Water District recently partnered with California-based OceanWell to study the feasibility of harvesting drinking water from desalination pods placed on the ocean floor, several miles off the coast of California. The pilot project, which will begin …

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They used to call California ocean desalination a disaster. But water crisis brings new look

For decades, environmentalists have decried ocean desalination as an ecological disaster, while cost-savvy water managers have thumbed their noses at desal’s lofty price tag. David Feldman, director of Water UCI at UC Irvine, said desalination could eventually provide “somewhere between 10% and half” of California’s potable water — with one caveat. “Before we can even estimate what percentage of California’s …

California Coastal Commission OKs desalination plant in Orange County

Newsom: California must boost water recycling, desalination

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — California should invest tens of billions of dollars in water recycling, storage and desalination over the next two decades to shore up its supply as the state gets drier and hotter, Gov. His plan also calls to expand water storage, in above-ground reservoirs and underground aquifers, by about 4 million acre feet — nearly enough water to …

With California expected to lose 10% of its water within 20 years, Newsom calls for urgent action

With California enduring historic drought amplified by global warming, Gov. And Newsom does not seem very willing to do that.” Poole said the state plan “doesn’t fundamentally change the direction of water management, which is needed to really grapple with climate change.” The governor’s strategy calls for moving ahead with controversial plans to build a giant water tunnel beneath the …

As a worsening drought forces millions of Californians to face mandatory water restrictions, one corner of Southern California has largely shielded itself from supply-related woes: San Diego County. San Diego County’s water is among the most expensive in the country, costing about 26% more at the wholesale level in 2021 than the Metropolitan Water District’s, which serves Los Angeles and …

California nixes plant, but says open to desalination

HUNTINGTON BEACH, Calif. — California officials have nixed a proposal for a $1.4 billion desalination plant but say they’re open to growing the state’s capacity to turn Pacific Ocean seawater into drinking water to buffer against persistent drought. Poseidon said in a statement that it was disappointed by the panel’s decision, and believes the project “would have created a sustainable, …

Agency unanimously rejects California desalination project

HUNTINGTON BEACH, Calif. — A California coastal panel on Thursday rejected a long-standing proposal to build a $1.4 billion seawater desalination plant to turn Pacific Ocean water into drinking water as the state grapples with persistent drought that is expected to worsen in coming years with climate change. The state’s Coastal Commission voted unanimously to deny a permit for Poseidon …

California Coastal Commission rejects plan for Poseidon desalination plant

Debbie Andrews, center, of Huntington Beach celebrates with others at a hearing Thursday in Costa Mesa as the California Coastal Commission rejects a planned desalination plant. After hearing hours of heated debate, the California Coastal Commission voted against a controversial plan by the company Poseidon Water to build a huge desalination plant in Huntington Beach. Audience members against the proposed …