The pipeline would run some 16 miles connecting Cargill's ponds near Newark with the wastewater treatment system run by the East Bay Dischargers Authority.
Once the brine is mixed with treated wastewater and diluted, it would be piped to this facility in San Leandro and released back into the bay.
"We consider it our mission to protect the bay. That's our primary focus. And so we wouldn't take in anything that we think would compromise that mission. So we've done a lot of water quality testing to demonstrate that the combined effluent and brine from Cargill would be safe to the bay, it meets all of our permit limits," says Zipkin.The environmental impact report is still under consideration. If approved, the pipeline would be owned and built by Cargill.
Still, groups like Save the Bay argue it could be years before construction is completed. And they point to recent levee failures like the breach in Monterey County as an example of the heightened risk. And in the meantime, they're pushing for increased oversite by agencies like the Bay Conservation and Development Commission and the Regional Water Quality Control Board.
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