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Poseidon’s desal plant cleared another regulatory hurdle, sort of

Posted by: Aqua Blog Maven on April 10, 2008 at 7:30 am

From the San Diego Union Tribune:

The developer of an ocean-water desalination plant proposed for the Carlsbad coast cleared another regulatory hurdle Wednesday – but not really.

The San Diego region of the state Water Resources Control Board conditionally approved a plan by developer, Poseidon Resources, to compensate for the number of fish and marine organisms that would be killed in the desalination process. The board issued a permit for the plant in August 2006, but that permit allows Poseidon to desalinate ocean water in conjunction with the Encina Power Station, at the foot of Cannon Road in Carlsbad.

The power plant uses water from the Agua Hedionda Lagoon to cool its turbines. The desalination plant would divert 100 million gallons of seawater a day from the power plant’s cooling stream, desalinate half and return 50 million gallons to the ocean, twice as salty as when it came out.

The permit issued by the Regional Water Quality Control Board two years ago is good only as long as the power plant is in operation; it expires in October 2011.

More on this story from the San Diego Union-Tribune by clicking here. Coverage of the same story by the North County Times by clicking here.

April 10, 2008 · Filed Under Desalination, Poseidon's Carlsbad Plant

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