California Coastal Commission Unanimously Approves Poseidon Resources’ Wetlands Restoration2/9/2011 San Diego, CA – Poseidon Resources today announced that the California Coastal Commission unanimously approved its proposal to restore coastal wetlands in south San Diego County’s Otay River floodplain.
Poseidon’s proposed 66-acre restoration site is located in the South San Diego Bay Unit of the San Diego National Wildlife Refuge and is part of an ongoing restoration effort by the United States Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS). The wetlands restoration site is managed and owned or leased by the USFWS exclusively for restoration of coastal wetlands and associated uplands. Poseidon and the USFWS are entering into a partnership to facilitate the restoration and enhancement of wetlands. The Commission’s approval of the wetlands restoration site clears the way for Poseidon and the USFWS to prepare environmental studies and a final project design.
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San Diego, CA – Poseidon Resources today announced that the California Court of Appeal, Fourth Appellate District has upheld the Superior Court’s ruling that the State Lands Commission complied with environmental laws when it approved the Carlsbad Desalination Project (“Project”). The ruling is the tenth legal challenge to the Project that has been considered and dismissed.
Water Authority to consider direct water purchase agreement with Poseidon
San Diego – Poseidon Resources today announced the San Diego County Water Authority (SDCWA) Board of Directors voted unanimously to direct its staff to work with Poseidon on a contract to purchase drinking water from Poseidon’s Carlsbad Desalination Project (“Project”). The Project’s capacity is 56,000 acre feet per year, enough drinking water for 300,000 San Diego County residents. California owns four slots in our ranking of the 10 cities with the biggest water problems. Can the Pacific provide an answer?
By Christopher Helman Just north of San Diego, on a site overlooking the Pacific Ocean, Poseidon Resources is building the biggest water desalination plant in the United States. When completed in 2012, the $350 million plant will suck in salty ocean water and pipe out fresh drinking water--50 million gallons of it each day--enough to slake the thirsts and fill the pools of 300,000 households. EDITORIAL: North County Times: Roses and raspberries
The 'Enough Already' award By: Opinion staff A raspberry to the Surfrider Foundation for filing yet another lawsuit in an attempt to stop the construction of a desalination plant in Carlsbad. The State Water Resources Control Board has three times dismissed appeals from the Surfrider Foundation to deny a permit for the Poseidon Resources desalination plant. Surfrider's latest lawsuit was filed against the San Diego Regional Water Quality Control Board. The California Coastal Commission has already approved the project and preliminary construction on the proposed plant has begun. Whether or not desal is the best solution to the region's water woes, it's time for Surfrider to find another battle to fight. |
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