Judge voids Monterey County approval of Cal Am desal plant project
A Monterey County Superior Court judge has set aside the county’s approval of California American Water’s desalination plant project over its rationale for why the project’s benefits would outweigh environmental impacts in a lawsuit brought by the Marina Coast Water District. At the same time, the judge rejected a bid by Marina Coast to require the county to conduct additional environmental review for the project as a result of new information and changed circumstances…