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Tag: Ocean

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

Manhattan Beach opposes proposed West Basin desalination plant

February 17, 2016 smarterwater

Megan Barnes | Daily Breeeze News | February 17, 2016 | Access Original Manhattan Beach is pushing back against a…

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Filed under: Climate Change, Desalination, Drought, El Segundo, Energy, Environment, Los Angeles Waterkeeper, Ocean, Surfrider, Sustainability, Water Policy, West Basin

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

Idle desalination plants built by Labor cost $1bn

September 12, 2015 smarterwater

Four desalination plants built by former state Labor governments that have since been mothballed will cost taxpayers nearly $1 billion this…

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Filed under: Australia, Desalination, Drought, Environment, Ocean, 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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