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desalination Archive
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Let’s put Poseidon out of its misery this year: Latest report from the front lines
Posted on February 17, 2019 | 3 CommentsWe can do this ... here's the latest important news! -
Climate Change Could Swamp Billion-Dollar Desal Deal
Posted on June 25, 2018 | 10 CommentsThe realities of climate change & sea-level rise will really impact approval of this boondoggle. -
Excellent Comments for today’s OCWD / Poseidon term-sheet meeting.
Posted on June 6, 2018 | 8 CommentsSome very good, concise and informative reaction to tonight's proposed term sheet. READ! -
$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. -
Poseidon Plays the Race Card, LULAC Dances to Their Tune!
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 […] -
Weekend Open Thread: Rock Doctor’s Improved Desal Concept wins Acceptance of his Peers
Posted on December 18, 2015 | 35 Comments. . . The Orange Juice Blog proudly congratulates its official singing geologist, Dr. John C. Hoaglund III, otherwise known as “The Rock Doctor” – a friend Greg and I […] -
OC can do Desal better: Use salt to lock up CO2 emissions.
Posted on August 19, 2015 | 16 Comments. . . Vern here. As dissenting OC Water Board member Phil Anthony told us recently, if Orange County decided we really needed a desalination plant, “we could make it […] -
OC can do Desal better: Use salt to lock up CO2 emissions. (Longer footnoted version.)
Posted on August 16, 2015 | 1 Comment. . . Vern here. As dissenting OC Water Board member Phil Anthony told us recently, if Orange County decided we really needed a desalination plant, “we could make it […] -
Watch Poseidon Joke over proposed Property Tax Increase to finance their “privately funded” Desal project.
Posted on July 12, 2015 | 11 Comments‘ ‘ ‘ by John Earl, crossposted from Surf City Voice. Orange County taxpayers may have to pay a lot more for a $1 billion Huntington Beach ocean desalination plant […] -
OCWD chairwoman Cathy Green falsely carries Poseidon water to Coastal Commission.
Posted on June 25, 2015 | 3 Comments. . . by John Earl, from Surf City Voice Sometimes a person wants something so badly that he or she starts to believe it’s real… or maybe it actually […] -
Poseidon Desal: Will OCWD be Shipwrecked by Mermaids?
Posted on June 10, 2015 | 40 Comments. . . by John Earl, cross-posted from Surf City Voice. Centuries ago, explorers sailed Poseidon’s Seven Seas looking for beautiful mermaids and lands full of golden treasures. Although some […] -
Weekend Open Thread: Prop 218 and Tiered Water Rates
Posted on June 6, 2015 | 6 CommentsTiered Rates are fine. Obfuscation isn't.