Blog: Desalination – Should California use the ocean to quench its thirst?
This May, the California Coastal Commission unanimously rejected the proposed $1.4 billion dollar Huntington Beach Desalination Plant for environmental reasons. Set on a low-lying coastal site, the Commission was concerned that the facility’s location exposed it to rising sea levels, and that its process for converting 50 million gallons of drinking water per day would harm marine life in 100 billion gallons of seawater each year. … Gov. Newsom supported the plant, calling desal “more tools in the tool kit,” … So who do you believe?