Saltyness.

[photo: Mark Goodkin]

Desalination of ocean water for drinking is a pretty basic concept with a complicated procedure to execute. The largest desalination planet on the Western Hemisphere will most likely be built in Carlsbad sometime next year. Poseidon Resources is the company that will undertake the construction. They got preliminary approval in August and today basically got the go ahead in a California Coastal Commission meeting today. 38 acres of wetlands will be destroyed to make way for this. To off set the environmental impact, Poseidon will create another 38 acres somewhere else. A nice thought. But studies have shown that 68 acres of wetlands are needed to off set the plant's impact. They have plans for everything associated with the plant, but no area to create wetlands.

The California Coastal Commission didn't seem to mind. If the company wants to show that their not full of shit, they should announce a place set aside for wetland conversion BEFORE they break ground on their plant. As well as increase the number of acreage. If you want to sent a letter to the CCC ensuring that Poseidon upholds it's end click here.