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​Largest Seawater Desalination Plant in Western Hemisphere on Track to Deliver Reliable, Drought-Proof Water to San Diego County by Year’s End
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Carlsbad, CA (June 29, 2015) – After more than two years of work, Carlsbad Desalination Project crews installed the final segment of the 10-mile conveyance pipeline that connects the Carlsbad Desalination Plant to the San Diego County Water Authority’s regional water distribution system. Construction crews lowered the final piece of pipe – No. 2177 – into Macario Canyon in Carlsbad this morning, completing a major element of the historic project.

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Project to Generate 3,000 Jobs and Infuse $500 Million into Regional Economy 

​Huntington Beach, CA – With California in the midst of a catastrophic drought including record-high temperatures, depleted groundwater basins, and historically low snowpack levels, Poseidon Water is working on the Huntington Beach Desalination Project that, when complete, will provide Orange County with 50 million gallons of fresh drinking water per day from the Pacific Ocean. 
Last night, Scott Maloni, Vice President of Poseidon, gave an update on the project to the City of Huntington Beach stating that the desalination facility will also provide a significant financial benefit for the local and regional economy, specifically a cumulative financial benefit within the City of approximately $200 million. ​

Sen. Barbara Boxer said Tuesday that she will push desalination as a response to California’s drought, citing Israel’s strategy of converting salt water to freshwater to solve its chronic water shortages. In a separate Senate hearing on the drought, Republicans indicated that drought legislation being crafted by Sen. Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif., and House Republicans from the Central Valley directed at California would be considered only as part of broader legislation covering the entire West.