Company representatives won’t say whether they’re considering a legal challenge to the state panel’s 12-member vote on Thursday.
Tag: Poseidon Resources
Posted inCommunity Opinion
Kokal: Why We Must Kill Zombie Poseidon
Poseidon: Too expensive, not needed, environmentally degrades our ocean. We have a stable supply of water for more than 20 years. There are better and less expensive ways to get more water if we want it. Already have plans for 80 million gallons a day of new water .
Posted inCommunity Opinion
Sobrera: Governor Newsom Needs To Protect the Human Right to Water Not Water Privatizers
Governor Newsom has told us that we should listen to science in matters related to the environment. Governor Newsom should make good on his statements and not tarnish his legacy by leaving us a fish-killing, climate-wrecking boondoggle so that a foreign company can profit from Californians who are struggling.
Posted inCommunity Opinion
Rodriguez: The Environmental Racism Behind the Poseidon Desalination Proposal
As a resident and an environmental justice advocate in Huntington Beach who has long studied the proposed Poseidon desalination plant, I know this plant isn’t needed and won’t produce affordable drinking water. We don’t need to get into a long-term contract for water from the most expensive source.
Posted inCollegiate News Service, Huntington Beach, News Briefs, Outdoors
Community Opposition Continues to Mobilize Against on Poseidon Desalination project
Residents, experts and environmental advocates gathered at a Santa Ana Regional Water Quality Control Board meeting last Friday to oppose a permit for the Poseidon Water desalination facility in Huntington Beach.
Posted inCommunity Opinion
Bone and Brown: Poseidon desalination is a bad deal for Orange County business and consumers
On July 18, Orange County Water Board will vote on new terms for the Poseidon desalination project. Orange County Coastkeeper’s Garry Brown and tourism/marketing leader Steve Bone argue that Poseidon is a bad deal for consumers and businesses, who would be hit especially hard by water rate increases.
Posted inCommunity Opinion
Cook: Finding the Right Water Solutions for Orange County
Paul Cook, General Manager at Irvine Ranch Water District, argues that seawater desalination is not the right answer for Orange County noting there are better water solutions for the region.
Posted inCommunity Opinion, Countywide
Rodriguez and Valladares: Velasquez Institute Poll on Latino Voters & Water Issues Ignores True Community Interests
An independent report shows seawater desalination is by far the most expensive water supply. Local residents want to understand the true cost of the proposed Huntington Beach desalination project, especially if they are being asked to pay for it, plus the pros and the cons.
Posted inCommunity Opinion
Maestas: OC needs Desal As Much As Another Beige, Cookie-Cutter Housing Development
Adriana Maestas, who lives in Fullerton, argues that framing the desalination plant as a social justice issue for Latinos is a ridiculous argument designed to only favor a private company and their investors.
Posted inCommunity Opinion, Countywide
OC Coastkeeper: San Diego Swindled By Desalination, Don’t Let OC Be Next
Ray Hiemstra, associate director of programs with OC Coastkeeper, writes that Poseidon’s desalination work in SD has locked that community into a bad deal and the proposal for Orange County hides the true cost of distributing the water.
