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Is desalination damned in Cambria? Mercury contamination and other environmental concerns plague Cambria’s proposed desalination plant

Posted by: Maven on March 5, 2010 at 6:34 am

From New Times SLO:

“Los Osos has its sewer battle, Morro Bay has its controversial smoke stacks, and Cambria has its perpetual dispute over a proposed desalination plant. Residents there have been fighting with the town’s leaders for more than 15 years. Most recently, a proposal to drill testing wells drew loud criticisms from people worried about the environmental consequences of disturbing the fragile Cambrian coastline, particularly after officials claimed there wouldn’t be any environmental impacts.

“A lot of people in town got very concerned when the service district tried to—well it didn’t try—it filed for a categorical exclusion saying basically since in their opinion … there’s no negligible impact on biological entities that we could just skip the environmental review and go right to drilling,” resident Jim Webb said. Webb helped create several coastal protection areas in Cambria and was one of about 15 people who spoke at the Cambria Community Services District (CCSD) Jan. 5 special board meeting. “A lot of us thought that was a bit hasty and not well supported.” … “

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March 5, 2010 · Filed Under Desalination

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