The company also wants off the hook for permit fees. A regional water board doesn’t appear poised to grant that request.
Tag: Santa Ana Regional Water Quality Control Board
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Regulators Allow Controversial Desal Plant to Run in Huntington Beach Without Immediately Making Up for Coastal Damage
It’s one more step toward a seawater desalting plant getting built in Huntington Beach. The project goes next before the State Coastal Commission.
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Should Poseidon Be Able to Start Running Its Desal Plant Without Starting to Make Up for Marine Life Loss? Another Water Board Hearing Today
The project, which could kill 108 million organisms in the ocean per year, comes before the Santa Ana water board yet again Thursday.
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Will Desalination Come to Huntington Beach? A Water Board Hearing Happens Tomorrow
Tomorrow’s hearing on the Poseidon Water Co.’s needed desalination permits, by the Governor-appointed Santa Ana Regional Water Quality Control Board, is considered to be a final juncture for the project.
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Dog Haven Threatens Endangered Birds
Calls mount to enforce ordinances prohibiting dogs in the mouth of the Santa Ana River.
Posted inNEWS
Will Gov. Newsom Replace Poseidon Desal Project Critic on OC Regional Water Board?
There are mounting questions over whether Gov. Gavin Newsom will replace William von Blasingame, when his current term expires Sept. 30.
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Conservationists Split Over Poseidon Desal Project’s Potential to Help Bolsa Chica Wetlands
Some say the project could fund the Bolsa Chica Wetlands, weighed against the plant’s expected ecosystem damage. Others say Bolsa Chica doesn’t need Poseidon’s help.
Posted inCountywide, Health & Wellness, Huntington Beach, NEWS, Top Stories, Water, Power & Waste
Water Officials Push Back Decision on Huntington Beach Desal Project Yet Again
The Santa Ana Regional Water Quality Control Agency board directors anticipate returning to the issue on Sept. 17.
Posted inInvestigative, NEWS, Politics & Elections, Top Stories, Water, Power & Waste
Questions Over Water Official Who Took Money from Interests Pushing Desal Project She’s Voting On
State and local officials agree that Kris Murray’s upcoming vote for a desalination project pushed by groups she took money from is legal.
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Public Protest, Questions Push Water Board Decision on Huntington Beach Desal Permit to Aug. 7
If the permit is approved, Poseidon Water, the company proposing the desal plant, would clear a major hurdle after two-decades of pushing it near the final stretch.
