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Location
Power Plant - Desal
Applicants/Power
Plant Operators
Public
or
Private
Co-located
with
Power
Plant?
Capacity
(Million
Gallons per
Day, or MGD
Intake/Discharg
e System
Expected
Cost
NEPA/CEQA
Status
Desal Plant
Status
1
Cambria
Cambria Community
Service District
Public
No
0.5 MGD
Subsurface beach
wells
 
Submitted
Initial
Study/Mitigated
Negative
Declaration
(IS/MND)
appeal to
Coastal
Commission
2
Carlsbad
Encina Power Station -
Poseidon
Resources/Cabrillo
Power I LLC
Private
Yes
50 MGD
Co-located with
power plant,
existing ocean
intake/discharge
(Now in question
due to plans
revealed by the
owners of Encina
Power Station to
close and
demolish the
existing site
within 2 years)
$270 million
for plant,
$900-$1000
per acre-foot
(without
subsidies)
EIR Submitted,
waiting for
comments
Pilot plant in
operation,
contract with
City of
Carlsbad
3
Carlsbad
Encina Power Station -
San Diego County Water
Authority/Cabrillo Power I
LLC
Public
Yes
50 MGD, with
30 MGD
future
expansion
Co-located with
power plant,
existing ocean
intake/discharge(N
ow in question
due to plans
revealed by the
owners of Encina
Power Station to
close and
demolish the
existing site
within 2 years)
Budget number
in CIP total
$668 million
(in future
dollars)
The Final EIR
was not
certified by the
San Diego
County Water
Authority on
7/27.
The San
Diego County
Water
Authority
voted on 7/27
to discontinue
any further
negotiations
with the
Poseidon
Company.
4
Dana Point
MWDOC
Public
No
10-25 MGD
Subsurface beach
wells
currently
unknown
n/a
feasibilty
study stage
5
El Segundo
El Segundo Power - West
Basin and Central Basin
MWD/NRG Energy and
Dynergy Inc.
Public
Yes
20 MGD
Co-located with
power plant,
existing ocean
intake/discharge
$1000 per
acre-foot cost,
without
subsidies
n/a
Pilot plant in
operation
6
El Segundo
Scattergood power
station - LADWP
Public
Yes
10-25 MGD,
25 MGD most
likely
Co-located with
power plant,
existing ocean
intake/discharge
$1080 per
acre-foot,
without
subsidies
n/a
Need union
approval then
board
approval of
plan
7
Huntington
Beach
AES Power Plant -
Poseidon Resources/AES
Private
Yes
50 MGD
Co-located with
power plant,
existing ocean
intake/discharge
$240 million
for plant
REIR certified
Sept. 2005,
CUP adopted
on March 1,
2006
Law suite on
CEQA
8
Long Beach
Haynes power plant -
Long Beach Water
Authority/LADWP/US
Bureau of Reclamation
Public
Yes
n/a
Co-located with
power plant,
existing ocean
intake/discharge
 
n/a
Pilot plant in
operation,
beach well
pilot to come
in future
9
Marina
Fort Ord/Marina Coast
Water District
Public
No
2.7 MGD
Subsurface beach
wells
 
EIR Submitted,
waiting for
response to
comments
 
10
Monterey
Ocean View Plaza (new
development)
Private
 
0.05 MGD
Ocean pipeline
 
EIR certified
2004
Law Suite
11
Moss
Landing
Moss Landing power
plant - CAL AM Coastal
Water Project/Duke
Energy
Private
Yes
9-18 MGD
Co-located with
power plant,
existing ocean
intake/discharge
$191 million
PEA Submitted,
working on  
DEIR
Environmental
studies
completed
12
Moss
Landing
Moss Landing power
plant - Poseidon
Resources/Pajaro-Sunny
Mesa
Private
Yes
20-25 MGD
Co-located with
power plant,
existing ocean
intake/discharge
 
 
EIR expected
soon
13
San Onofre
San Onofre nuclear
power plant - MWD,
MWDOC and
SDCWA/Southern
California Edison
Public
Yes
100 MGD
co-located with
power plant,
existing ocean
intake/discharge
 
n/a
feasibility
study stage
14
San Rafael
Marin Municipal Water
District
Public
 
10-15 MGD
Seawater intake
system,
wastewater
discharge system
$90-100
million (total
completion
cost)
EIR in progress
Pilot plant in
operation
15
Sand City
City of Sand City
Public
No
0.27 MGD
Subsurface beach
wells
 
 
 
16
Sand City
Monterey Peninsula Water
Management District
Public
No
3-7.5 MGD
Subsurface beach
wells/injection
wells
 
 
 
17
Santa Cruz
City of Santa Cruz
Public
 
2.5 MGD with
possible
future
expansion to
3.5 then 4.5
MGD
Pre-existing
seawater intake
system,
wastewater
discharge system
$40 million
EIR Submitted,
waiting for
response to
comments
 
18
Redondo
Beach
AES power plant
West Basin
Public
Yes
         
Table by Delaney Gerlich
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