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Commentary/rebuttal: Desalination: separating fact from fiction

Posted by: Aqua Blog Maven on December 2, 2009 at 5:11 pm

From the Daily Pilot, this commentary by Scott Maloni, vice president of Poseidon Resources in response to this commentary by Garry Brown of the OC Coastkeeper:

“In the short period that I have come to know OC Coastkeeper Executive Director Garry Brown, I have found him to be a passionate and pragmatic advocate for the coastal environment. While we don’t agree on seawater desalination and our Huntington Beach project, his arguments mostly have been factual, and he has handled himself professionally and respectfully. Unfortunately, in his recent opinion piece, “Desalination plant will cost more than GWRS” (Sounding Off, Nov. 29), Brown has resorted to disseminating misinformation about Poseidon and the project.

Brown’s comparison between the cost of seawater desalination and the Ground Water Replenishment System (GWRS) is disingenuous. The H.B. desalination plant is being built to offset Orange County’s demand for more expensive and less reliable imported water, not to replace or compete with GWRS. There is no single, “silver bullet” water supply solution, which is why local water managers who are advocates of GWRS are also supporting seawater desalination. In addition, the cost of producing water at the H.B. plant is $1,100 an acre foot, not the “$2,000 to $3,000” he asserts. … “

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December 2, 2009 · Filed Under Poseidon's Huntington Beach

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One Response to “Commentary/rebuttal: Desalination: separating fact from fiction”

  1. Milt Dardis on December 4th, 2009 7:59 am

    Scott Maloni the former campaign manager of the Mayor of San Diego is now claiming to be a cost accountant along with being VP of Poseidon Resources. One question: how does he determine the true Costs of water per cre feet. Is it Net Costs after all of the taxpayers subsidies are taken into consideration or is claiming that $1,100 an acre foot is the actual cost to manufacture water at a Poseidon Resources Desalination plant. Remember, this is from a company that has yet to build a successful operating water desalination plant.
    He is a political figure and not a hydrologist. Now who do you believe? Vote YES on the politician.

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