Caldesalfacts

Setting the record straight on seawater desalination in California, and the alternatives communities can use to ensure reliable and affordable water.

[Azul @AzulDotOrg]

Too much salt: water desalination plants harm environment: U.N.

#FueraPoseidon

https://t.co/4FHeyBCOJo

[Caldesalfacts @caldesalfacts]

Two OC water agencies are urging rejection of Poseidon boondoggle, concerned their ratepayers will have to foot the bill for its unnecessary and overpriced desalinated water. https://t.co/PivosJ05C5 #SayNotoPoseidon

[Caldesalfacts @caldesalfacts]

Orange County officials are wary about cost of Poseidon desalination plant. https://t.co/PivosJhGtD #SayNotoPoseidon

[Caldesalfacts @caldesalfacts]

Ten signs of #cawater progress story shows California can meet water needs without resorting to harmful and costly projects like Poseidon desalination. https://t.co/oRhbli7IkZ #SayNotoPoseidon

[Caldesalfacts @caldesalfacts]

Poseidon is a bad deal for ratepayers. @OCWDWaterNews should reject the new term sheet. https://t.co/gieY88wKuJ #SayNotoPoseidon

[Caldesalfacts @caldesalfacts]

OC residents protest Poseidon proposal, which has sparked widespread opposition from environmental and equity groups. https://t.co/AGJdQSgrEP #SayNotoPoseidon

[Orange County Coastkeeper @OCCoastkeeper]

NEW VIDEO @OCCoastkeeper, "The Problem with Poseidon," about unnecessary desalination that will raise water rates and lower water quality in our shared aquifer. Check it out: https://t.co/cJ9NmNghec. #SayNotoPoseidon

[Caldesalfacts @caldesalfacts]

SoCal could lose 130 feet of coastal cliffs w/ #sealevelrise, says @USGS. That makes the construction of billion dollar seawater desal plants in the flood zone seem very unwise. https://t.co/nBMaP2rLaf #SayNotoPoseidon

[Caldesalfacts @caldesalfacts]

Why do water experts, community leaders, and environmental advocates oppose the Poseidon's proposed OC desal plant? See the new mini-documentary and take action: https://t.co/LpLOaCJDaL

[Caldesalfacts @caldesalfacts]

Thanks to strong community opposition, @OCWDNews postponed vote on new deal with Poseidon for overpriced and unnecessary desalinated water. https://t.co/AeEPzOc6Eb

[CA Waterkeepers @CA_Waterkeepers]

The Poseidon - Huntington Beach #desalination project "will require ratepayers to pay for very expensive water whether it is needed or not." - Paul Cook General Manager of @IRWDnews https://t.co/bip8UPM6bW #SayNotoPoseidon

[Caldesalfacts @caldesalfacts]

Want to know the problems with Poseidon's OC desal proposal? Check out this new minidoc by @occoaskeeper. https://t.co/LpLOaCJDaL

[Caldesalfacts @caldesalfacts]

Desal is an expensive, energy intensive and environmentally risky water source, says @damonnagami of @NRDC. https://t.co/4nF98FQME1 #SayNotoPoseidon

[Caldesalfacts @caldesalfacts]

Public interest groups challenge vote on controversial OC desal project. https://t.co/pTi5VL5INs #SayNotoPoseidon

[Sean Bothwell @bothwell_ca]

Today we filed litigation to stop a desalination project that Orange County doesn't want or need: https://t.co/7X5mmZb82E. #SayNotoPoseidon

[Caldesalfacts @caldesalfacts]

The community has said clearly they don't want Poseidon, and it's been demonstrated they don't need the water, says @bothwell_ca. https://t.co/JlaeY3vT1d

[Caldesalfacts @caldesalfacts]

The facts are on friends on this project, says @occoastkeeper of petition seeking full enviro study of Poseidon desal. https://t.co/pTi5VKO7oS #SayNotoPoseidon

[Caldesalfacts @caldesalfacts]

Public interest groups challenge vote on controversial OC desal project. https://t.co/pTi5VKO7oS #SayNotoPoseidon

[Caldesalfacts @caldesalfacts]

Privately owned desal plant would cost consumers more than a public project, concludes South Coast Water District. https://t.co/RNQiEC579Z

[Caldesalfacts @caldesalfacts]

South Coast Water District rejects idea of corporate desal plant like Poseidon's OC boondoggle. https://t.co/RNQiEC579Z #saynotoposeidon