Huntington Beach Desalination facility teams up with Poseidon

Poseidon Resources announced its development team for the proposed Huntington Beach desalination facility. Three companies will be partnering with Poseidon to develop the $250 million facility, which would have the ability to supply 50 million gallons of drinking water each day, which amounts to about 7% of water used in the county.

From the Huntington Beach Independent:

The plant still has several major hurdles, however. A recent federal court ruling put into question the legal status of the AES power plant it will use for water and cooling. And it must still get permits from the California State Lands Commission and the California Coastal Commission.

Despite those obstacles, Poseidon Resources thinks the plant’s chances are good, company spokeswoman Brenda Anaya said. “We’re very optimistic as far as the current political climate in California,” Anaya said. “With the current drought we’re experiencing, global warming, little by little the public is going to demand from the government an alternative source of water.”

The Aqua Blog Maven has added emphasis above, and would like to point out that the desalination facility would use enormous amounts of electricity, and would therefore *contribute* to global warming, not alleviate it.

Much has been in the news on desalination in Southern California. To read more articles, check out the desalination category to the right of this post.

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