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Poseidon issues statement regarding San Diego Regional Water Quality Control Board hearing

Posted by: Aqua Blog Maven on April 8, 2009 at 6:44 pm

From Poseidon Resources, this media statement:

San Diego, CA – Poseidon Resources Corporation issued the following statement today in response to the Regional Water Quality Control Board public hearing:

“We are pleased the Regional Water Quality Control Board (Regional Board) closed the public hearing today and in doing so brought an end to the six-year public debate over the Carlsbad Desalination Project and its environmental impacts.

“We are also pleased that the direction given by the Regional Board to staff supported our conclusion that Poseidon’s proposed Marine Life Mitigation Plan (MLMP), which creates up to 55.4 acres of coastal wetland habitat, is sufficient to address the project’s entrainment and impingement impacts, and therefore no additional mitigation acreage is necessary.

“The decision by the Regional Board to return next month and finalize our National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) permit will allow us to begin construction later this year as scheduled.”


Poseidon Resources specializes in developing and financing water infrastructure projects, primarily seawater desalination and water treatment plants. These projects are implemented through innovative public-private partnerships in which private enterprise assumes the developmental and financial risks. For more information on Poseidon Resources and the Carlsbad desalination plant visit our website at www.carlsbad-desal.com.

April 8, 2009 · Filed Under Poseidon's Carlsbad Plant

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