In his latest dispatch, from KOCE’s David Nazar examines the controversy over the proposed desalination plant in Huntington Beach.

Poseidon Resources, the company proposing the plant, and its supporters say it will bring much-needed water to the region with little environmental cost. Not so, say the plant’s opponents, which include a former Huntington Beach mayor.

— DAVID WASHBURN

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