Justin Fox's article arguing that the costs of desalinated water in California are too expensive compared to conservation and buying water from the Metropolitan Water District ignores several pressing realities that the 22 million people living in Southern California have to deal with: climate change, the fifth year of the worst drought in the state's history, dependence on imported water and the fact that conservation cannot keep up with the drought. Water conservation in So

3 out of 4 Huntington Beach Voters Support Huntington Beach Seawater Desalination Project OC WISE, a diverse, non-partisan coalition that supports the development of all forms of new, local drought-proof water for Orange County, commissioned a survey of Huntington Beach voters to determine their knowledge, understanding and level of support for various means of water supply including the proposed seawater desalination project in Huntington Beach. When asked how they thought l

A scientific study has determined that "Seafloor Infiltration Gallery (SIG) intakes have not been demonstrated to be effective at minimizing intake and mortality of marine life.”, and 14 independent marine biologists who reviewed the Report signed in agreement with this conclusion. In addition, “a subsurface intake gallery at Huntington Beach may have extensive and deleterious impacts to benthic habitat and organisms.” Click here to read the entire report. #CartamilReport #Hu

The Irvine Ranch Water District's opposition to Poseidon's Huntington Beach desalination plant is troubling in that it ignores the facts: Orange County is 50% dependent on imported water from the Sierra Snowpack (at a 5 00 year low) and the Colorado River (at its lowest deliveries in history); El Nino didn't work, climate scientists are still predicting a "megadrought" for our part of the world which could last a decade, and Orange County's population will grow by 300,000 by