On Aug. 7, the California Coastal Commission approved Poseidon Resources' $300 million Carlsbad Desalination Project, bringing a close to its two-year review of the project and moving the long-awaited facility one step closer to construction.
“We are pleased to have the desalination plant constructed in Carlsbad,” said Carlsbad Mayor Bud Lewis. “The plant will provide much-needed water to the San Diego region.”
Poseidon Resources Corp. will build the plant next to the Agua Hedionda Lagoon. It will produce 50 million gallons per day of drinking water, which is enough water for 300,000 San Diegans.
In issuing its final project approval, the Coastal Commission voted to accept Poseidon's voluntary Energy Minimization and Green House Gas Reduction Plan and its Marine Life Mitigation Plan. The plans were submitted to the Coastal Commission in compliance with the coastal development permit it issued in November of 2007.
The plant's permitting process wrapped up Aug. 22 when the State Lands Commission approved a lease agreement for the facility. The project is on schedule to begin construction in the first half of 2009 and is anticipated to be delivering high-quality drinking water in 2011.
When completed, it will be of one of the most technologically advanced and energy efficient desalination plants in the country. Nine local water agencies have collectively contracted to buy the plant's entire output of drinking water.
For more information, visit www.carlsbad-desal.com.
“We are pleased to have the desalination plant constructed in Carlsbad,” said Carlsbad Mayor Bud Lewis. “The plant will provide much-needed water to the San Diego region.”
Poseidon Resources Corp. will build the plant next to the Agua Hedionda Lagoon. It will produce 50 million gallons per day of drinking water, which is enough water for 300,000 San Diegans.
In issuing its final project approval, the Coastal Commission voted to accept Poseidon's voluntary Energy Minimization and Green House Gas Reduction Plan and its Marine Life Mitigation Plan. The plans were submitted to the Coastal Commission in compliance with the coastal development permit it issued in November of 2007.
The plant's permitting process wrapped up Aug. 22 when the State Lands Commission approved a lease agreement for the facility. The project is on schedule to begin construction in the first half of 2009 and is anticipated to be delivering high-quality drinking water in 2011.
When completed, it will be of one of the most technologically advanced and energy efficient desalination plants in the country. Nine local water agencies have collectively contracted to buy the plant's entire output of drinking water.
For more information, visit www.carlsbad-desal.com.