A proposed California desalination plant that would produce 50 million gallons of drinking water per day failed a crucial regulatory hurdle on Monday, possibly dooming a project that had been promoted as a partial solution for sustained drought.
The staff of the California Coastal Commission recommended denying approval of the Huntington Beach plant proposed by Poseidon Water, controlled by the infrastructure arm of Canada's Brookfield Asset ManagementThe commission's staff said the project was more susceptible to sea-level rise than was understood when it was first proposed more than two decades ago.
"When Poseidon first proposed its facility at this location nearly 25 years ago, sea level rise projections were much lower and adaptation planning was in its infancy," the staff report said. "Since that time, our understanding of the severity and consequences of climate change and sea level rise have grown exponentially."
The company, which was hoping to break ground on the $1.4 billion Huntington Beach plant by the end of this year, said the commission staff "erred in its recommendation" and called on political leaders to save the project. Susan Jordan, executive director of the California Coastal Protection Network, urged the commission to reject the project, saying, "We should never sacrifice our coast to drive profits for this foreign $650 billion corporation or any corporate polluter."
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