South Coast Water District is one step closer to constructing and operating a seawater desalination plant at Doheny State Beach following the California Coastal Commission’s unanimous vote to approve the roughly $140 million project on Thursday, Oct. 13.
As the South Coast Water District prepares to present its proposed desalination plant to the California Coastal Commission next week, the San Clemente City Council voted unanimously on Tuesday night, Oct. 4, to publicly back the project.
RON HENDERSON, San Clemente As an advocate of a balanced approach to large infrastructure projects, I was concerned by some of the representations within the…
The San Clemente City Council voted Tuesday, Sept. 6, to enter a wastewater services agreement with the Santa Margarita Water District that will span 30 years.
San Clemente City Council voted on June 7 to introduce multiple initiatives that will strive to reduce potable water consumption amid a Water Shortage Level 2 Water Alert.
A new report by Surfrider Foundation shows that while some communities are continuing to struggle with high bacteria levels in their beaches, bays and waterways, the majority of test samples taken in much of the nation’s coastal areas last year revealed low levels of bacteria.
STEVE KNOBLOCK, San Clemente councilmember A state-of-the-art desalinization plant is the most logical, practical and cost-efficient means of generating clean drinking water for San Clemente…
NOAH WEBSTER, Rancho Mission Viejo The enormous oil conglomerate can erect pipelines from Alaska to the Gulf of Mexico, which sometimes break or leak and…
By C. Jayden Smith While the progress of the Doheny Ocean Desalination Project appears to now be gaining steam, South Coast Water District staff members…
Steven Knoblock By Councilmember Steve Knoblock Our government was created to establish justice, ensure domestic tranquility, provide for the common defense, promote the general welfare…
Cost Analysis for Desalination Presented to SCWD Board By Lillian Boyd Ocean desalination has been named as one of the South Coast Water District’s top…
