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Key Marin County hearing on desalination

Posted by: Maven on August 19, 2009 at 6:27 am

From the San Francisco Chronicle:

“The largest water agency in Marin County is set to become the first in the region to dip a drinking straw into San Francisco Bay. If the $105 million project to de-salt about 5 million gallons of bay water each day is approved this evening as expected, about 190,000 residents could begin imbibing water from the sea by 2014.

Though the system has drawn fierce criticism over potentially high costs, energy consumption and impacts on marine life, the Marin Municipal Water District’s desalination gambit marks the first of many across the Bay Area and the state.

Up and down the coast, about 20 similar projects are in the works, including a joint test project by the San Francisco Public Utilities Commission, East Bay Municipal Utility District, Contra Costa Water District and others. …”

The Marin Municipal Water District board will decide tonight whether to approve the desalination plant. Read more from the San Francisco Chronicle by clicking here.

August 19, 2009 · Filed Under Desalination

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