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Poseidon Desal Archive
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$1 Billion Subsidized Desal Plant pushed by Water Board that ignores Cheaper Alternatives.
Posted on March 1, 2018 | 1 CommentWhile Sheldon napped, the Board declined to study any cheaper, better alternatives. -
OCWD blocks study of alternatives to Poseidon, misleading State Lands Commission.
Posted on February 19, 2018 | 4 CommentsYes, that's Denis Bilodeau who should know better, pretending the water board has looked at alternatives to the billion dollar boondoggle. -
Weekend Open Thread: How STOOPID does Poseidon think this County is anyway?
Posted on January 25, 2018 | 13 CommentsWow. Look at how the estimated cost for these water pirates desal has exploded over these 15 years! -
Meet Poseidon Resources – Video!
Posted on September 28, 2017 | 1 Comment. . . The well-known criticisms of Poseidon Resources‘ proposed Huntington Beach desalination plant, from this blog and countless other critics, fall under two categories: FINANCIAL (an unnecessary and subsidized […] -
John Earl: The Ideological War Behind Poseidon.
Posted on August 6, 2017 | 8 Comments. . . by John Earl, cross-posted from Surf City Voice. Underlying the long-running battles between proponents and opponents of the proposed Poseidon Resources ocean desalination plant is an ideological […] -
OCWD tonite: Replenish the Aquifer with the winter’s fabulous snows!
Posted on April 19, 2017 | 2 Comments. . . This call to action comes from R4RD, which is short for the great Huntington Beach activist group “Residents For Responsible Desalination,” a name which admittedly has always […] -
RIP “King” Clem Dominguez, HB hero and Poseidon foe.
Posted on March 23, 2017 | 9 Comments. . . Damn it! ANOTHER premature, unexpected, fatal heart attack? Yet another local pro-environment, anti-Poseidon, overdevelopment-and-corruption-opposing West County activist felled by a surprise cardiac arrest? Gus Ayer a few […] -
Fullerton Reaches its Day of Decision on Poseidon.
Posted on January 17, 2017 | 22 Comments. . . Yes, the Orange County Water District (OCWD) has many other important issues that it deals with besides just opening the door to the Poseidon boondoggle: for example, of particular concern […] -
Sign This Please: The OC Water District Needs to Livestream its Damn Meetings!
Posted on August 27, 2016 | 9 Comments. . . Short Version: Sign. Isn’t it interesting, and highly worthy of contemplation, that the members (directors, technically) of the Orange County Water District (OCWD) who consistently vote in […] -
Poseidon Plays the Race Card, LULAC Dances to Their Tune! (and Weekend Open Thread)
Posted on July 24, 2016 | 31 Comments. . . [Ed. Note: Originally posted July 20, but worth a second look.] We saw this editorial coming, those of us who attend OCWD meetings and have suffered through early […] -
Dispatches from the Battle Against Poseidon, summer 2016
Posted on July 5, 2016 | 9 Comments. . . Vern here – I didn’t get around to writing up a report on the last OCWD meeting, with the election coming right up and everything, but it WAS […] -
Poseidon in denial over the obstacles ahead… and more!
Posted on May 24, 2016 | 12 Comments. . . As I was leaving the May 3 desal townhall, the townhall meeting mostly on the subject of Poseidon’s proposed Huntington Beach desalination plant, I walked past Dave […]