The state Coastal Commission greenlit a desalination plant in Dana Point today. The decision indicates state regulators see a place for new seawater desalination plants in California to bolster water supplies.
The decision indicates that state regulators see a place for new seawater desalination plants in California“We believe that the project before you today, although not perfect, provides a solid example that we can use in planning for future desalination,”South Coast Water District’s Doheny Ocean Desalination project
Wells running from Doheny State Beach would pull water from beneath the ocean floor, which would then be piped to the desalination facility inland of the Pacific Coast Highway in Dana Point. “I feel that the commission has been under kind of a cloud of doubt from the people who believe in desal — that we were somehow going to turn down any project whether it was a good one or a bad one,” said commissioner. “And I’m glad now that we can show the other agencies and whoever else is interested in this that we are fully supportive of desal, when it’s a good project.”
But a coalition of environmental groups and the Society of Native Nations raised concerns about the environmental impacts and questioned the need for the project, warning that the plant’s discharge could pollute waters frequented by marine life, such as whales and dolphins.
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