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Water: Coastal Commission Staff Again Advises Desal Project Denial

August 28, 2020/in California and the U.S., Home Headline, Media Coverage /by Mike Lee /Monterey Heraldby Jim Johnson

Nine months after the Coastal Commission conducted its first hearing on California American Water’s proposed desalination project, commission staff has again recommended denial of the project in favor of a Pure Water Monterey expansion proposal.

On Tuesday, commission staff released a 154-page staff report essentially reiterating its previous arguments against the Cal Am desal project, including its relative cost, environmental impact and controversial nature. It touted the “feasible and environmentally preferable” recycled water project as a viable alternative in the Monterey Peninsula’s long-running attempts to develop a replacement water supply to offset the state ordered Carmel River cutback order.

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Opinion: How to Waste $1 Billion in Less than a Minute

May 6, 2020/in California and the U.S., Media Coverage /by Kimberlyn Velasquez /Moterey Heralsby Michael DeLapa

Why would a public agency support an unnecessary and risky billion-dollar desalination plant and let a private utility profit hundreds of millions of dollars at the public’s expense? Here’s the story.

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The Fight Over Monterey Peninsula’s Water Future is a Debate Over Who Gets To Decide

July 11, 2019/in California and the U.S., Home Headline, Media Coverage /by Gayle Falkenthal /Monterey County Weeklyby Asaf Shalev

What is at stake is the water supply for the Monterey Peninsula. Consuming water drawn from the Carmel River is no longer feasible, neither ecologically nor legally. But the power to decide on an alternative supply is largely vested in the hands of public officials from outside the region.

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