Hear the latest updates of the Carlsbad desalination plant straight from the source when Peter MacLaggan, vice president of Poseidon Resources, speaks to the Carlsbad Chamber of Commerce's Sustainability Committee at the next meeting, which will take place from 7:30 a.m. to 9 a.m. on Tuesday, Feb. 12 at the Chamber, 5934 Priestly Drive.
After more than a dozen years of legal wrangling and other delays, Poseidon Resources cleared its last hurdle last December when the San Diego County Water Authority approved a 30-year contract to buy all of the water that is produced by the desalination plant, an estimated 50 million gallons of drinking water per day, enough to serve 450,000 residents, or 7 percent of the water needs for the region.
They secured the financing for the project in December and construction of the project, which includes a facility and a pipeline from Carlsbad to San Marcos has started.
After more than a dozen years of legal wrangling and other delays, Poseidon Resources cleared its last hurdle last December when the San Diego County Water Authority approved a 30-year contract to buy all of the water that is produced by the desalination plant, an estimated 50 million gallons of drinking water per day, enough to serve 450,000 residents, or 7 percent of the water needs for the region.
They secured the financing for the project in December and construction of the project, which includes a facility and a pipeline from Carlsbad to San Marcos has started.