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May 17, 2022

California nixes $1.4B desalination plant

  • Officials were concerned the plant would kill marine life and increase the cost of water.
    • By AMY TAXIN
    Associated Press

    HUNTINGTON BEACH, Calif. — California officials have nixed a proposal for a $1.4 billion desalination plant but say they're open to growing the state's capacity to turn Pacific Ocean seawater into drinking water to buffer against persistent drought.

    After an hours-long hearing, members of a state coastal panel on Thursday unanimously rejected a proposed desalination plant for Southern California over concerns the facility would kill marine life and drive up the cost of water.


     
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