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State budget cuts delay Carlsbad desalination approval

Posted by: Maven on February 16, 2009 at 5:47 am

From Desalination & Water Reuse:

Cuts to the California state budget prevented officials of the San Diego County Regional Water Quality Control Board preparing recommendations regarding the proposed Carlsbad desalination plant for the board to vote on at a meeting on 11 February 2009.

The board, which is the agency regulating the intake of source water and discharge of concentrate from the desalination plant, therefore directed staff to have a recommendation ready for a decision by 8 April.

The 2006 desalination plant discharge permit requires project developer Poseidon Resources to develop an intake impingement and entrainment minimization plan. This must include preparation of a wetland mitigation plan aimed at addressing the potential impacts of the desalination plant intake when and if its collocated powerplant discontinues its present once-through cooling operation.

The wetland mitigation plan requires Poseidon to identify potential locations for construction of up to 55.4 acres (22.4 ha) of man-made coastal wetlands, which would be designed to create a marine environment similar to that which would be impacted by the desalination plant intake operation.

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February 16, 2009 · Filed Under Desalination

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