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Three Dozen Organizations and Agencies Express Serious Concern

June 26, 2018 smarterwater

Monday June 25th marked the final day to submit comments on the Draft Environmental Impact Report issued by West Basin…

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Filed under: Climate Change, Desal, environmental justice, Los Angeles, Los Angeles Waterkeeper, marine life, Ocean desalination, Smarter Water LA, water rates, West Basin, West Basin Municipal Water District

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Ocean #desal should be our LAST resort! @lawaterkeeper @healthebay @surfrider + more

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lawaterkeeper LA Waterkeeper @lawaterkeeper ·
23 Dec 2019

“We refuse to let West Basin move forward with a project knowing that ratepayers, our climate and marine environment will pay the price,” states Bruce Reznik, Los Angeles Waterkeeper’s Executive Director. #desal ⁦@SmarterWaterLA⁩ https://www.smdp.com/los-angeles-waterkeeper-sues-to-stop-south-bay-desal/184189

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lawaterkeeper LA Waterkeeper @lawaterkeeper ·
19 Dec 2019

We warned West Basin Water District that we would use every legal tool available to stop them from building an ocean #desal plant in LA's South Bay. Yesterday, we sued.

Read our press release for more on our lawsuit: https://bit.ly/2sIoGoU

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smarterwaterla Smarter Water LA @smarterwaterla ·
27 Nov 2019

“The regional board gave Poseidon everything they asked for... if the permit stays as it is now, we’ll certainly be appealing this” —⁦@bothwell_ca⁩ / ⁦@CA_Waterkeepers⁩ https://www.latimes.com/environment/story/2019-11-27/poseidon-seawater-desalination-project-poised-to-clear-major-hurdle

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smarterwaterla Smarter Water LA @smarterwaterla ·
21 Nov 2019

UCLA’s ⁦@gregspierce⁩ hoped that West Basin would take seriously California’s Human Right to Water law & ensure #desal doesn’t “make its water unaffordable for the region’s working class residents.”

But they did not. Stay tuned. https://www.dailybreeze.com/2019/11/17/ratepayers-deserve-more-information-on-desalination-costs-greg-pierce/

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smarterwaterla Smarter Water LA @smarterwaterla ·
20 Nov 2019

We’re so glad LA County is investing $300 million/year to reuse #LArain! (via @StormwaterLA)

We’re infuriated that West Basin certified their astonishingly inadequate EIR on Monday & plan to spend half a billion taxpayer dollars on a wasteful #desal plant.

Unless we stop them.

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healthebay Heal the Bay @healthebay ·
19 Nov 2019

We are beyond disappointed that the @WestBasin Board voted 4-1 to move ahead with the open ocean desalination project in the Santa Monica Bay, despite strong opposition from local environmental, environmental justice, climate and tribal NGOs, public agencies, and cities.

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azuldotorg Azul @azuldotorg ·
18 Nov 2019

"The Human Right to Water has often been given lip service in such investment decisions, but only recently has it been brought to the fore."

https://www.dailybreeze.com/2019/11/17/ratepayers-deserve-more-information-on-desalination-costs-greg-pierce/

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healthebay Heal the Bay @healthebay ·
18 Nov 2019

The @WestBasin public meeting is about to begin. We are here in opposition of the $480 million dollar open ocean desal plant proposed for the Santa Monica Bay.

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rhoneykins (((RacheleHayward))) @rhoneykins ·
18 Nov 2019

CA #desalination = #environmentalinjustice!🚫🏭🌊🥤"it is only reasonable to expect that the plant will raise customers’ monthly bills, compounding other financial stresses like rising rents, medical expenses, childcare & transportation" -@UCLALuskin https://www.dailybreeze.com/2019/11/17/ratepayers-deserve-more-information-on-desalination-costs-greg-pierce/

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smarterwaterla Smarter Water LA @smarterwaterla ·
18 Nov 2019

Happening NOW! Can’t join? Add your name to our opposition here: https://www.smarterwaterla.org/join-us/

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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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