
HB Voters Support Desal!
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 Gamble the County Cannot Afford to Take
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

Diverse Coalition Supports Water Purchase Agreement
Diverse Coalition Supports Water Purchase Agreement from Huntington Beach Desalination Project
OC WISE calls for quick passage of term sheet for new, local, drought-proof, water Contact: Robert Sulnick info@ocwise.org Under the terms of the draft agreement released this week, OCWD would purchase 50 million gallons of water each day from Poseidon’s planned desalination facility in Huntington Beach. The coalition – Orange County Water Independence, Sustainability and Efficiency