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Tag: California Drought

Desalination loses more urgency in hyper-wet winter

August 26, 2019 smarterwater

Desalination began to lose its urgency among Californians and their public officials two years ago, after the drought-busting winter of…

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Filed under: California Drought, California water, Carlsbad, Desal, Desalination, Drought, Metropolitan Water District, Ocean desal, Ocean desalination, Poseidon, Rain

California no necesita la desalinización

October 12, 2017 smarterwater

El Condado de Orange, donde Poseidon desea construir una de sus plantas, no necesita la desalinización Érica Fernández Zamora | La…

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Filed under: access, beach, California, California Drought, clean water, Climate Change, Desal, Desalination, equity, Huntington Beach, Ocean, Orange County, Poseidon, San Diego

Desalination will not solve California’s water woes

June 1, 2017 smarterwater

In the wake of the recent drought, desalination of ocean water continues to be a central topic in California water…

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Filed under: Bay Delta, California, California Drought, Carmel River, Climate Change, Desalination, Drought, Environment, Ocean, Research, Southern California, Stanford, Sustainability, Water, Water Policy

Savior or Albatross?

April 24, 2017 smarterwater

Proposed desalination plant could decrease South Bay’s dependence on imported water, but has raised environmental concerns Ryan McDonald | Easy…

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Filed under: California Drought, Desal, Desalination, Governor Brown, Groundwater, Los Angeles Waterkeeper, Manhattan Beach, Ocean, South Bay, Southern California, Water Policy, Water recycling, West Basin, West Basin Municipal Water District

Southern California Is Drowning in Drought-Proofing Projects

March 23, 2017 smarterwater

Water agencies are working on dozens of projects to boost Southern California’s water supply. But many of the agencies are…

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Filed under: California, California Drought, Desalination, Drought, Environment, Ocean, San Diego, Southern California, Sustainability, Water, Water Policy

A battle is brewing over a proposal for a new source of water in the South Bay

January 3, 2017 smarterwater

Like a crashing wave, the fight over desalination has finally arrived in Los Angeles County. Matt Stevens | LA Times |…

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Filed under: Australia, California, California Drought, Desalination, Drought, El Segundo, Environment, Los Angeles, Ocean, San Diego, South Bay, Southern California, Sustainability, Water, Water Policy, West Basin Municipal Water District

Potential desalination plant near Manhattan Beach debated

July 26, 2016 smarterwater

West Basin Municipal Water District’s proposal to build a desalination plant in the South Bay has been met with backlash from…

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Filed under: California, California Drought, Climate Change, Desalination, Drought, El Segundo, Environment, Los Angeles, Ocean, Southern California, Sustainability, Water, Water Policy, West Basin Municipal Water District

Why Desalination Isn’t the Solution to Water Woes

June 2, 2016 smarterwater

Stanford University recently hosted a diverse roundtable discussion to explore whether seawater desalination can resolve California’s water problems. Leon Szeptycki,…

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Filed under: California, California Drought, Climate Change, Desalination, Drought, Environment, Ocean, Renewable Energy, Southern California, Stanford University, Sustainability, Water, Water Policy

San Diego’s Oversupply of Water Reaches a New, Absurd Level

February 2, 2016 smarterwater

Because of an overabundance of supply, the San Diego County Water Authority has dumped a half billion gallons of recently…

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Filed under: California, California Drought, Desalination, Drought, Environment, Ocean, San Diego, Southern California, Sustainability, Water, Water Policy

While other parts of California are bone dry, San Diego faces the opposite problem: too much water

November 15, 2015 smarterwater

The $1-billion desalination plant coming online next month in Carlsbad will fit right in with years of careful planning and investment…

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Filed under: California, California Drought, Desalination, Drought, Environment, Ocean, San Diego, Southern California, Sustainability, Water, Water Policy
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Seawater desal is…

“unlikely to be a major part of California’s water supply portfolio due to its high cost of operation, the availability of other sources of water (such as recycled wastewater), its high energy use and the resulting high levels of greenhouse gas emissions, and siting difficulties given the fragility and importance of California’s coastal ecosystems.”  Water in the West, Stanford University, 2016.

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