California Opens $116 Million Antioch Brackish Water Desalination Plant

The city of Antioch has opened its new brackish water desalination plant, a $116 million facility designed to improve the reliability of local drinking water supplies by treating water from the San Joaquin River.

The project was celebrated in a ceremony attended by representatives from the State Water Resources Control Board, the Department of Water Resources (DWR), the Contra Costa Water District, the city of Brentwood, and other local and state officials.