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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?
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
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 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
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”