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Carlsbad Desalination Plant Getting $274M Upgrade

/in , , /by /San Diego Business Journalby Noah Harrel Quoted: San Diego County Water Authority

The Claude “Bud” Lewis Carlsbad Desalination Plant supplies about 50 million gallons of water to the San Diego region every day, enough to fill 75 Olympic swimming pools.

Currently the seven-year-old plant, built at a cost of more than $1 billion, is in the process of implementing a $274 million upgrade to its intake-discharge system. The result will be a new pumping facility that will keep the water flowing while greatly lessening the operation’s environmental impact.

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Seawater Desalination Possibly Expanding in California Amid Worsening Drought

/in , , /by /abc 7 Newsby Mike Nicco and Tim Didion

As the pressure on California’s water supply grows more intense this summer, another urban area could begin the process of producing their own. The California Coastal Commission is set to vote later this spring on what would be the state’s second major coastal desalination plant in Huntington Beach, south of Los Angeles.

Glenn Farrel is with the industry group, CalDesal.

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