By City News Service
Feb 13, 2021
HUNTINGTON BEACH (CNS) - Santa Ana Regional Water Quality Board officials today released a proposed permit for the planned Huntington Beach Desalination Project as some board members revealed they had what might be improper communications with state Secretary of Environmental Protection Jared Blumenfeld.
The proposed Poseidon plant to be located at 21730 Newland St. is expected to produce about an annual average of about 50 million gallons a day of drinking water from the ocean.
In 2016, Poseidon Water applied to the water board for renewal of a permit needed to build the $1.4 billion project.
The board was scheduled to make a decision in September, but put off a ruling while Poseidon moved to address concerns raised by the board.