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	<title>Aquafornia &#187; Desalination</title>
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		<title>Commentary: Who is the loser in the Monterey desalination saga?</title>
		<link>http://aquafornia.com/archives/61402</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 06 Feb 2012 15:19:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Maven</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Central Coast]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[From American Water Intelligence, this commentary: &#8220;Now that California American Water (CalAm) has pulled out of the Regional Desalination Project (RDP), it appears the company will move forward with an alternative – with no participation from regional agencies. It isn’t clear what those entities, namely the Marina Coast Water District (MCWD) and the Monterey County [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Hold the salt: Developer explores using desalinated water for Saltworks project</title>
		<link>http://aquafornia.com/archives/61350</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 04 Feb 2012 15:50:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Maven</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Bay Area]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Desalination]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[From the Silicon Valley Mercury News: &#8220;Among many challenges facing the controversial Redwood City Saltworks project, securing water for a community that may have as many as 12,000 homes is high on the list. DMB Pacific Ventures, a new company owned by Arizona-based DMB Associates that wants to develop Saltworks on Cargill&#8217;s salt flats, has [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Santa Cruz: Desal petition finalized: Group must now collect about 5,500 signatures from registered voters</title>
		<link>http://aquafornia.com/archives/61316</link>
		<comments>http://aquafornia.com/archives/61316#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 04 Feb 2012 15:04:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Maven</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Bay Area]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[From the Silicon Valley Mercury News: &#8220;The city attorney finalized language Friday on a petition from desalination opponents who are aiming for a ballot measure that would change the city&#8217;s charter to let voters decide the project&#8217;s fate. The charter amendment, if approved by a majority of voters, would remove the City&#8217;s Council authority to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Santa Cruz Looks to desalination for water; Construction of desalination plant under consideration to offset water shortage</title>
		<link>http://aquafornia.com/archives/61314</link>
		<comments>http://aquafornia.com/archives/61314#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 04 Feb 2012 15:02:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Maven</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Central Coast]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Desalination]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[From the City on a Hill Press: &#8220;The Santa Cruz City Council approved the continuation of a contract with an environmental impact desalination consultant last week. Desalination has been in the works for decades now, and for Santa Cruz County it may serve as a feasible source of water in a city that just experienced [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Monterey desal EIR dealt blow; Review failed to consider water rights, judge rules</title>
		<link>http://aquafornia.com/archives/61319</link>
		<comments>http://aquafornia.com/archives/61319#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 04 Feb 2012 15:01:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Maven</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Bay Area]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Desalination]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[From the Monterey County Herald: &#8220;In an amended ruling, a Monterey County Superior Court judge has found that the environmental review for the failed regional desalination project neglected to properly consider a number of issues, including water rights. The revised ruling, which amends a tentative decision issued by Judge Lydia Villarreal in December, deals a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Ag-business group alleges Monterey County water agency used &#8216;creative accounting&#8217;</title>
		<link>http://aquafornia.com/archives/61174</link>
		<comments>http://aquafornia.com/archives/61174#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Feb 2012 15:56:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Maven</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Central Coast]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Desalination]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[From the Monterey County Herald: &#8220;An agri-business organization has accused the county Water Resources Agency of engaging in &#8220;creative accounting&#8221; in connection with its spending on the failed regional desalination project. In a letter to the Board of Supervisors last week, the Salinas Valley Water Coalition raised a number of questions about the water agency&#8217;s [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Monterey: Desal sales pitch lacking, says commentary</title>
		<link>http://aquafornia.com/archives/61076</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 31 Jan 2012 15:03:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Maven</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Central Coast]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Desalination]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[From the Monterey County Herald, this commentary by Ed Mitchell, North County activist: &#8220;For nearly a year the media have reported about the regional desalination project&#8217;s corrupted assault on the pocketbooks of Peninsula ratepayers. Less discussed is how some public officials in county water agencies traded away the livelihood of coastal farmers in North County [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Monterey commentary: Resetting water priorities</title>
		<link>http://aquafornia.com/archives/60971</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 28 Jan 2012 15:40:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Maven</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Central Coast]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Desalination]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[From the Monterey County Herald, this commentary by Dale Hekhuis, former chairman of the Monterey Peninsula Water Management District and a founder of the Peninsula Water Ratepayer Coalition: &#8220;Cal Am&#8217;s departure from the regional desalination project has opened the door to resetting water priorities. Suddenly, a number of water supply options appear attractive. Accelerating Cal [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Desal opponents plan November ballot measure: Petition for city charter change calls for voter OK of water project</title>
		<link>http://aquafornia.com/archives/60950</link>
		<comments>http://aquafornia.com/archives/60950#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 27 Jan 2012 06:39:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Maven</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Central Coast]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Desalination]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[From the Santa Cruz Sentinel: &#8220;Opponents of a proposed seawater desalination plant have submitted a preliminary petition notice to the city that would ask voters whether they want the opportunity to approve the controversial project in a future election. City Attorney John Barisone has until Feb. 6 to reply to the notice filed by Rick [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Time is now for Cal Am&#8217;s desal plan, says the Monterey County Herald</title>
		<link>http://aquafornia.com/archives/60948</link>
		<comments>http://aquafornia.com/archives/60948#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 27 Jan 2012 06:38:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Maven</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Central Coast]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Desalination]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[From the Monterey County Herald: &#8220;If California American Water goes it alone to build a desalination plant of its own near Marina or anywhere else, it should be required to make the project similar to the long-discussed regional desalination project that also involved Monterey County and the Marina water district—and to get a move on. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Carlsbad Desalination Project negotiations, due diligence proceeding on schedule</title>
		<link>http://aquafornia.com/archives/60922</link>
		<comments>http://aquafornia.com/archives/60922#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 27 Jan 2012 06:27:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Maven</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Desalination]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[From the San Diego County Water Authority, this press release: &#8220;San Diego County Water Authority staff reported today they are making significant progress toward finalizing a draft agreement for purchasing water from the Carlsbad Desalination Project. Contingent on the successful completion of negotiations with Poseidon Resources, the project’s private developer, staff told the Water Authority’s [...]]]></description>
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		<title>There is a solution now for Monterey water needs, says commentary</title>
		<link>http://aquafornia.com/archives/60852</link>
		<comments>http://aquafornia.com/archives/60852#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Jan 2012 15:26:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Maven</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Central Coast]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Desalination]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[From the Salinas Californian, this commentary by Nader Agha, managing partner of The People&#8217;s Moss Landing Water Desal Project: &#8220;It is a matter of fact that the Marina Regional Desalination Project was doomed from the beginning, and it is now clear that the project is defunct per Cal Am&#8217;s recent announcement. I don&#8217;t like saying [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Santa Cruz City Council OKs more desal spending, bullfrog ban</title>
		<link>http://aquafornia.com/archives/60800</link>
		<comments>http://aquafornia.com/archives/60800#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Jan 2012 15:40:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Maven</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Central Coast]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Desalination]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[From the Santa Cruz Sentinel: &#8220;The City Council on Tuesday approved a fifth contract with a San Francisco-based consultant amid ongoing objections from opponents of a seawater desalination plant. Water Department Director Bill Kocher said the $95,000 contract for Kennedy/Jenks would cover work on the project&#8217;s Environmental Impact Report expected in April, including responding to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Monterey: Cal Am gets deadline for new plan; Company already seeking alternative to stalled project</title>
		<link>http://aquafornia.com/archives/60798</link>
		<comments>http://aquafornia.com/archives/60798#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Jan 2012 15:27:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Maven</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Central Coast]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Desalination]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[From the Monterey County Herald: &#8220;An administrative law judge directed California American Water on Tuesday to come up with a new proposal for a water supply project on the Peninsula by the beginning of March. The directive came after Cal Am announced it would file a request with the state Public Utilities Commission within three [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Monterey: Water agency wants payment for Collins&#8217; expenses</title>
		<link>http://aquafornia.com/archives/60796</link>
		<comments>http://aquafornia.com/archives/60796#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Jan 2012 15:25:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Maven</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Central Coast]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Desalination]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[From the Monterey County Herald: &#8220;Hundreds of dollars of bills charged by former county Water Resources Agency board member Steve Collins last year are among the regional desalination project-related expenses for which water agency officials want to be repaid using a California American Water credit line. According to a review of a series of invoices [...]]]></description>
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		<title>RMC desal bills fuzzy on work for county: Invoices include tasks for other project partners</title>
		<link>http://aquafornia.com/archives/60637</link>
		<comments>http://aquafornia.com/archives/60637#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 22 Jan 2012 15:18:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Maven</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Central Coast]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Desalination]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[From the Monterey County Herald: &#8220;A review of bills from RMC Water and Environment for work on the ill-fated regional desalination project raises a number of questions, including exactly what the county would be getting for its money. In addition to listing nearly $700,000 of charges for work on the project from early January through [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Monterey commentary: Making water go public</title>
		<link>http://aquafornia.com/archives/60635</link>
		<comments>http://aquafornia.com/archives/60635#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 22 Jan 2012 15:09:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Maven</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Central Coast]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Desalination]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[From the Monterey County Herald, this guest commentary by Ron Weitzman, who lives in Carmel, president of WaterPlus, a group that advocates a public takeover of Cal Am: &#8220;Judge Lydia Villarreal&#8217;s order of a new environmental impact report for the regional desalination project and Cal Am&#8217;s withdrawal from it give our community some breathing time [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Monterey: Agency wants cap on Cal Am credit lifted; Supervisors will take up county&#8217;s desal project bills</title>
		<link>http://aquafornia.com/archives/60530</link>
		<comments>http://aquafornia.com/archives/60530#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Jan 2012 13:43:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Maven</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Central Coast]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Desalination]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[From the Monterey County Herald: &#8220;Although California American Water has withdrawn from the Regional Desalination Project, the county Water Resources Agency still plans to ask the Board of Supervisors on Tuesday to lift the cap on the company-backed credit line to pay for project expenses already incurred and for unspecified future spending. However, Cal Am [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Monterey: Desalination still deserves hard look, says commentary</title>
		<link>http://aquafornia.com/archives/60459</link>
		<comments>http://aquafornia.com/archives/60459#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Jan 2012 13:56:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Maven</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Central Coast]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Desalination]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[From the Monterey County Herald, this commentary by Rudy Fischer, member of the Pacific Grove City Council: &#8220;At a meeting I attended several weeks ago, someone made the statement that the local desalination project was dead; we just don&#8217;t have the coroner&#8217;s report yet. With Cal Am&#8217;s announcement this week that it is withdrawing from [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Monterey: California American Water withdraws support for Regional Desalination Project Alliance; Alternative water project will be pursued</title>
		<link>http://aquafornia.com/archives/60379</link>
		<comments>http://aquafornia.com/archives/60379#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 17 Jan 2012 16:21:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Maven</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Central Coast]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Desalination]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Big news for those of you following the Monterey desalination saga. From Business Wire: &#8220;California American Water announced today that it has withdrawn its support of the three-party agreements behind the Regional Desalination Project that the company had proposed with Marina Coast Water District and the Monterey County Water Resources Agency in response to State [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Explanation needed on desal spending. says Monterey County Herald editorial</title>
		<link>http://aquafornia.com/archives/59983</link>
		<comments>http://aquafornia.com/archives/59983#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 10 Jan 2012 15:20:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Maven</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Central Coast]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Desalination]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[From the Monterey County Herald, this editorial: &#8220;Suppose you hired a contractor to build something for you, a house perhaps. You start paying him but then you find out he has made some fishy payments to a government official in order to obtain the building permit for your project. As a result, the construction is [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Monterey County asks to lift desal credit limit</title>
		<link>http://aquafornia.com/archives/59919</link>
		<comments>http://aquafornia.com/archives/59919#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 08 Jan 2012 16:01:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Maven</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Central Coast]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[From the Monterey County Herald: &#8220;The Board of Supervisors will be asked Tuesday to allow unrestricted access to a California American Water-backed credit line and approve a bid for low-interest state financing for the $400 million Regional Desalination Project. This comes despite the apparent absence of a resolution among project partners on a number of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Let the Monterey Peninsula manage water, says commentary</title>
		<link>http://aquafornia.com/archives/59917</link>
		<comments>http://aquafornia.com/archives/59917#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 08 Jan 2012 15:58:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Maven</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Central Coast]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[From the Monterey County Herald, this column by Roger Dolan of the Carmel Valley Association Water Committee: &#8220;This holiday season, a welcome quietude settled over the chaotic Peninsula water supply program, known as the Regional Desalination Project. But one should not mistake quiet for peace. The fussing dropped out of sight partly because the partners [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Monterey: Built-in traps snag desal process, says commentary</title>
		<link>http://aquafornia.com/archives/59859</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 07 Jan 2012 16:25:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Maven</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Central Coast]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Desalination]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[From the Monterey County Herald, this commentary by George Riley of Monterey, who is heavily involved in local water issues and has been directly involved in the Regional Desalination Project: &#8220;By most accounts, the Regional Desalination Project should be dead. It was approved by the state Public Utilities Commission in late 2010, but throughout 2011 [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Monterey County Herald: Little to report on desalination project</title>
		<link>http://aquafornia.com/archives/59775</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 06 Jan 2012 15:35:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Maven</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Central Coast]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Desalination]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[From the Monterey County Herald, this editorial: &#8220;Wouldn&#8217;t it be grand if serious progress was made on the regional desalination project while most of us were distracted by the holidays? We have heard, and you have read, quite little on the subject for some time. Could it be that no news really is good news? [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Parched for Water — Controversial Southern California desalination pilot projects</title>
		<link>http://aquafornia.com/archives/59689</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Jan 2012 15:30:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Maven</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Desalination]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Southern California]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[From the DC Bureau: &#8220;Tucked behind the northeast corner of King Harbor Marina in Redondo Beach, California, there is a $10 million experiment taking place over how best to turn the salt water of the Pacific Ocean into drinkable tap water. The demo plant here represents the second of two pilot projects – the other [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Cambria desalination study fails consistency test</title>
		<link>http://aquafornia.com/archives/59579</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 01 Jan 2012 15:23:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Maven</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Desalination]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[From Desalination &#038; Water Reuse: &#8220;The California Coastal Commission has called into question the future of the Cambria desalination project near San Luis Opispo by ruling that a US Army Corps of Engineers project to test soil and water near the proposed intake/outfall site is inconsistent with its habitat and coastline rules. If the federal [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Monterey County: Bring on Plan B: What’s next in the ongoing desal drama?</title>
		<link>http://aquafornia.com/archives/59467</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 29 Dec 2011 07:32:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Maven</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Central Coast]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Desalination]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[From the Monterey County Weekly, this commentary: &#8220;Drip, drip, drip, drip, drip, drip.  Wondering how, for the love of God, two taxpayer-funded public agencies and one savvy private water company could have so badly botched the formation of a plan to take salt out of water and pipe it to Monterey Peninsula homes and businesses? [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Poseidon desal project vote likely for June</title>
		<link>http://aquafornia.com/archives/59357</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 26 Dec 2011 15:39:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Maven</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Desalination]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[San Diego]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[From the North County Times: &#8220;Poseidon Resources Corp. now expects its proposed desalination project to cost about $750 million and a completed contract to be ready for public review in April 2012, company executives said this week. A vote by the San Diego County Water Authority on whether to sign a 30-year water purchase agreement [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Water boarding: Has ocean desalination’s swan song been sung in Orange County?</title>
		<link>http://aquafornia.com/archives/59291</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 24 Dec 2011 14:46:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Maven</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Desalination]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Southern California]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[From the Surf City Voice: &#8220;An Irvine water official recently let members of the Municipal Water District of Orange County (MWDOC) board know that their public relations efforts on behalf of ocean desalination aren’t necessarily welcomed in his agency’s jurisdiction, which stretches across the county’s mid-section as its largest water district. MWDOC is the retailer [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Monterey: Judge orders new desal EIR; Villareal says Marina Coast should take lead on project</title>
		<link>http://aquafornia.com/archives/59195</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 22 Dec 2011 15:15:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Maven</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Central Coast]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Desalination]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[From the Monterey County Herald: &#8220;In a development certain to add even more delay to the Regional Desalination Project, a Monterey County Superior Court judge ordered a new environmental review for the proposal. In a ruling issued Monday, Judge Lydia Villareal said the Marina Coast Water District should be the lead agency on the project [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Monterey: Collins hit with new charges; Witness interference alleged; mediation on track</title>
		<link>http://aquafornia.com/archives/59150</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 21 Dec 2011 15:27:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Maven</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Central Coast]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Desalination]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[From the Monterey County Herald: &#8220;Charges of attempting to interfere with a witness were added to the case against former county water board member Steve Collins. In the meantime, a mediation-produced settlement aimed at salvaging the Regional Desalination Project — stalled in part by the charges against Collins — appears to be under consideration. On [...]]]></description>
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		<title>PUC group takes queries to Cal Am; Ratepayer advocates question status of mediation, project</title>
		<link>http://aquafornia.com/archives/58942</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 16 Dec 2011 15:46:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Maven</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Central Coast]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Desalination]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[From the Monterey County Herald: &#8220;The state Public Utilities Commission ratepayer advocacy organization has questions about the $400million Regional Desalination Project that has been stalled in mediation the past few months. And they&#8217;re going to California American Water for the answers. In a formal request submitted Monday, Max Gomberg, the PUC&#8217;s Division of Ratepayer Advocates [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Cambria desalination plan dealt a blow; California Coastal Commission rules against testing at the mouth of Santa Rosa Creek</title>
		<link>http://aquafornia.com/archives/58938</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 16 Dec 2011 15:37:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Maven</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Central Coast]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Desalination]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[From the San Luis Obispo Tribune: &#8220;An Army Corps of Engineers’ project to test the soil and sample water near the mouth of Santa Rosa Creek is not consistent with the state’s rules and goals for the habitat and coastline there, the California Coastal Commission ruled during a hearing Dec. 9. Whether that unanimous decision [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Santa Ana Water Board member’s recusal from desalination hearing explained</title>
		<link>http://aquafornia.com/archives/58869</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 15 Dec 2011 16:01:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Maven</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Desalination]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Southern California]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[From the Voice of the OC: &#8220;Officials with the Santa Ana Regional Water Quality Control Board say board member Linda Ackerman didn&#8217;t participate in a permit hearing Dec. 9 because of a possible perception of bias due to her position at two regional water agencies that have supported the project. Ackerman recused herself from a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>California approves bond issue for Carlsbad desalination</title>
		<link>http://aquafornia.com/archives/58775</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 13 Dec 2011 14:00:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Maven</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Desalination]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[San Diego]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[From Desalination and Water Reuse: &#8220;Poseidon Resources has submitted and had approved an application for US$ 780 million in tax-exempt bonds for the Carlsbad seawater desalination project. The Private Activity Bonds (PABs) are issued on Poseidon&#8217;s behalf by the California Pollution Control Financing Authority (CPCFA) and were approved in October 2011. &#8230; &#8220; Continue reading [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Vote delayed on permit for proposed Huntington Beach desalination plant</title>
		<link>http://aquafornia.com/archives/58719</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 12 Dec 2011 16:06:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Maven</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Desalination]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[From the Voice of OC: &#8220;The Santa Ana Regional Water Quality Control Board has postponed until February a decision on whether to approve a permit that would allow Poseidon Resources&#8217; proposed Huntington Beach desalination plant to draw water directly from the ocean. Before postponing the vote, the board heard from 23 elected officials, company executives, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>NC Times blog: Carlsbad desalination project cost keeps rising</title>
		<link>http://aquafornia.com/archives/58621</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 10 Dec 2011 16:08:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Maven</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Desalination]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[San Diego]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[From the North County Times blog, this post by reporter Bradley J. Fikes: &#8220;How much will the Carlsbad desalination project by Poseidon Resources cost? It could be close to a billion dollars, a number that can be inferred by the company&#8217;s latest request to sell tax-exempt bonds through the state. Poseidon has asked to sell [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Poseidon asks to sell up to $780M in tax-exempt state bonds</title>
		<link>http://aquafornia.com/archives/58602</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 09 Dec 2011 16:34:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Maven</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Desalination]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[San Diego]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[From the North County Times: &#8220;Poseidon Resources, developer of a desalination plant in Carlsbad, is asking the state to approve a sale of up to $780 million in tax-free bonds to help finance its construction &#8212;- $250 million more than its original request two years ago. Poseidon&#8217;s request received initial approval Oct. 25 by the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Ecology Law Quarterly: Seawater desalination: Climate change adaptation strategy or contributor?</title>
		<link>http://aquafornia.com/archives/58506</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 08 Dec 2011 16:11:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Maven</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Desalination]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[From Ecology Law Quarterly: &#8220;While droughts and water supply challenges have plagued California for decades, climate change will increase the strain on California’s water management system.[1] Seawater desalination—the process of removing salt and other minerals from seawater—is often hailed as the solution to the state’s water supply challenges.[2] However, proposals to build seawater desalination plants, [...]]]></description>
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