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Tag: San Diego

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

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

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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