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November 21, 2024 Can desalination quench agriculture’s thirst?
November 20, 2024
OceanWell Secures $11 Million in Series A to Build Deep-Sea Water Farms and Supply Abundant Fresh Water
November 18, 2024
McCarthy-Jacobs Joint Venture Secures Groundwater Desalination Project in Southern California
October 24, 2024
SCWD Achieves Major Milestone in Doheny Ocean Desalination Project With Award of the Phase 1 Progressive Design-Build-Operate-Maintain Contract
October 17, 2025
Local Water Agencies Hail Final Ruling in Irvine Ranch Water District V. Orange County Water District
October 1, 2024
Valley Water Evaluating Desalination Project Through Its Water Supply Mast Plan Process
August 15, 2024
Laguna Beach County Water District Commits to Partner to Advance Doheny Ocean Desalination Project
July 24, 2024
Reps. Calvert and Issa Deliver Water Infrastructure Win for Riverside County
July 24, 2024
Desalination plant proposed for San Francisco Bay
April 11, 2024
Local Water Supply Gets a Boost with Doheny Ocean Desalination Project Funding Incentive by Metropolitan Water District
April 9, 2024
Doheny Ocean Desalination Project Receives $39.9 Million Award from Metropolitan Local Resources Program
March 28, 2024
Community’s Abundant Water Supply Bolstered with Mesa Water’s Two New Wells
March 20, 2024
SCWD Celebrates Congressional Approval For Increased Federal Funding For Desalination Projects
February 1, 2024
Ringside: Comparing the Delta Tunnel versus Desalination – California Globe
January 29, 2024
EMWD interview talks groundwater desalination | WaterWorld

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November 2023 Company uses existing desalination tech in a new way as a fresh water solution to California's coast

October 2023 SLOCounty gets grant to study desalination and water reuse

October 2023 Oceanside gets grant for water recycling, desalination project

October 2023 Does the Proposed Regulation Make Economic Sense?

September 2023 A celebrity-studded L.A. water district has a very big drought idea: Seafloor desalination

August 2023 OceanWell and LVMWD Announce Partnership to Pilot California’s First Blue Water Farm

July 2023 Is seawater desalination right for California?

June 2023 Consolidated Water's PERC Water Won $204M Contract for a Seawater Desalination Plant in Hawaii

May 2023 What is desalination, how can it end war over Colorado River?

May 2023 Ocean water to fresh: First-of-its-kind wave-powered pilot project in Fort Bragg set to test

May 2023 Is Desalination Absurdly Cheap, As Elon Musk Claimed?

May 2023 As Arizona looks to desalination as a drought solution, questions mount over its feasibility for the state

April 2023 California Invests in Desalination Projects to Expand Water Supplies

March 2023 Turning sea water into drinking water

March 2023 EPA Announces $170 Million WIFIA Loan to Help Limit Water Shortages in San Diego County, California

March 2023 Oneka takes helm of $10M wave energy-desalination project in Canada - Offshore Energy

March 2023 Doheny Ocean Desalination Project protects ocean water quality | WaterWorld

March 2023 EMWD receives funding for Menifee desalination project | Menifee 24/7

February 2023 Congressional Letter Addresses Federal Desalination Funding

February 2023 Camarillo's desalter plant begins supplying drinking water

January 2023 Carlsbad Desalination Plant Upgrades to Protect Marine Life

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December 2022 Could the Pacific Ocean be California's savior?

December 2022 Feinstein to California Lands Commission: Approve Doheny Desalination Project

December 2022 Doheny desalination plant in Dana Point clears final regulatory hurdle

November 2022 Drought-stricken CA increasingly turning to desalination of ocean water

November 2022 Controversial Monterey Bay desalination plant approved

November 2022 CA Coastal Commission Approves Monterey Peninsula Water Supply Project!

November 2022 California Coastal Commission to weigh Monterey desal project this week

November 2022 Could the ocean slake California's thirst?

October 2022 Joint effort to build desal facility could help fight drought

October 2022 Drought-stricken California approves desalination plant

October 2022 California Coastal Commission OKs desalination plant in O.C.

October 2022 Orange County desal plant approved months after Huntington Beach denial

October 2022 California pivots on desalination plants- CalMatters

September 2022 California Drought: How desalination could help the water crisis

September 2022 California Coastal Commission sets date for Cal Am desalination hearing

August 2022 Newsom pushes desalination as  California dries out

August 2022 Desalination plant construction underway in Antioch as drought worsens

August 2022 Public Policy Institute Polling Data

August 2022 In dry California, salty water creeps into key waterways

August 2022 Saltwater toilets, desperate wildlife: Water-starved Catalina Island battles against drought

July 2022 After $100 million Huntington Beach denial, what's the future of desalination in California?

June 2022 Newly opened Menifee desalination facility will provide water for 15,000 residents

June 2022 Desalination can now be owned and operated by private entities in Monterey County

May 2022 As Bay Area faces prolonged drought, recycling and desalination are the only two real options

May 2022 Desalination project should be approved by California Coastal Commission, Gov. Gavin Newsom says

April 2022 Desalination Turns Ocean Water Into Drinking Water — So Why Hasn't It Solved Droughts?

April 2022 Carlsbad Desalination Plant Shields Region From Megadrought

March 2022 IS DESALINATION THE ANSWER TO CALIFORNIA'S DROUGHT? HERE'S WHAT EXPERTS SAY

March 2022 STEAM: Making Ocean Water Drinkable

March 2022 Build the Sites Reservoir in Sacramento Valley. Redouble efforts to irrigate all landscaping with recycled, purple-pipe water.

March 2022 Doheny desalination plant easily wins first state approval – Orange County Register

February 2022 Poseidon vows 100% clean energy for desalination plant in Huntington Beach – Orange County Register

February 2022 Erratic weather requires new water policy approach

January 2022 Reclamation invests $1.6 million in nine technologies that focus on improving water desalination and treatment

January 2022 Here is the first step to a sustainable water policy

January 2022 Poseidon Water announces application for coastal development permit completed

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December 2021 December 17 letter co-signed by Senators Feinstein and Padilla, outlining California priorities for allocation of federal infrastructure funds

November 2021 Article by Brandon Pho in Voice of Orange County, "Proposed Ballot Measure Could Save Controversial HB Desal Plant Proposal if State Regulators Deny It"

October 2021 Water Infrastructure Funding Act of 2022 Op-Ed Here is a plan to create more water for California - CalMatters

October 2021 Editorial in Orange County Register and Daily Breeze SoCal’s water planning offers lesson for state – Daily Breeze 

October 2021 Jim Wunderman, Bay Area Council CEO Cal Matters Op-Ed California should create more water – much more - CalMatters

August 2021 by Deborah Brennan in the San Diego Tribune and LA Times, “San Diego’s Water Desalination Effort Could Get Boost in Federal Funding”

July 2021 Public Policy Institute of California (PPIC) poll showing 68% of CA registered voters support building seawater desalination plants to address the effects of climate change

July 2021 story in Reuters by Daniel Trotta, “Desalination advances in California despite opponents pushing for alternatives”

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