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2011
[9/30/11] PUC group seeks desal mediation disclosure
[8/13/11] Coastal panel delays desal review
[8/12/11] Desalination Should Be A Last Resort
[8/10/11] Outfall and intake problems hit OC desalination
[8/9/11] Monterey: County has doubts about desal
[8/9/11] Monterey County, desal partners hit impasse in project
[8/5/11] Santa Cruz desalination EIS goes on despite
alternative study
[8/3/11] Activists seek cheaper Monterey Peninsula
desalination plan
[8/2/11] Mayors agree not to talk desal
[7/31/11] Bill to update US Desalination Act introduced
[7/29/11] Santa Cruz City Council OKs studying water swap as
desalination debate continues
[7/27/11] Rep. Napolitano Introduces Desalination Bill
[7/21/11] Desal test well up for review
[7/15/11] Otay water district to grant lifetime health care to
managers
[7/10/11] Time to lift desal shroud of secrecy
[7/9/11] Water Authority to consider direct water purchase
agreement with Poseidon
[7/8/11] Desal alternatives at a lower cost
[7/7/11] Dead in the Water? Requested Subsidy for Surf City
Desal Project Stirs Debate
[6/28/11] Peter Gleick: What Do You Know? Water
Conservation and Efficiency Actually Work
[6/27/11] Why Desalination is Dead in California
[6/25/11] Poseidon clears legal hurdle for desal plant
[6/25/11] Test for desalting plant divisive
[6/24/11] Marin’s Desalination – a Story of Stakeholder
Involvement
[6/2/11] Conflict of interest controversy clouds desal project's
future
[6/1/11] Water Privatization & Desalination: Lessons from
Australia
[5/31/11] Perth desalination expansion could swap for reuse
project
[5/27/11] NASA Mission Measures How Ocean Salinity Affects
Climate and Water Cycle
[5/12/11] As the Regional Project sputters, water district eyes
potential desal site at NPS
[5/8/11] Santa Cruz City Council to weigh 3-year goals
[5/6/11] Australia's climate problem (hint:desal)
[5/6/11] Monterey desal backers unfazed; Coastal
Commission's part of process, they say
[5/5/11] Drinking wastewater isn't as gross as it sounds
[5/4/11] LA's updating its water strategy with only recycled
water, groundwater
[5/2/11] Monterey: Troubling responses about RMC Board
member deal
[5/2/11] Monterey: Let's conserve more water
[4/28/11] Marina Coast Water District paid for Collins’ big fat
consulting contract, Cal Am tattles
[4/27/11] Monterey County: Desal financing plan delayed;
Lawsuits, water pact an issue
[4/27/11] Monterey County Board wants desalination plant's
financial records
[4/27/11] Santa Cruz city council seeks bids on design of $1.4
M sign project
[4/27/11] EU waste: Massive Spanish desalination plant lies idle
[4/27/11] Mismanaging water policy can drain budget (AUS)
[4/27/11] Santa Cruz City Council approves water supply
assessment
[4/26/11] California turns to Mexico for cheap water, little
regulation
[4/26/11] Monterey: desal financing plans delayed
[4/25/11] Monterey County supervisors tackle water issues; an
appellate court rules against Marina Coast Water District
[4/25/11] Mexico's ocean could become U.S.'s drinking water
[4/25/11] Can San Diego live with a water budget?
[4/25/11] Saudi Arabia electricity demand rising (hint:desal)
[4/24/11] Gary Patton: Santa Cruz, get it together on water and
growth
[4/21/11] The threat to Baja's underwater 'rain forest'
[4/21/11] Santa Cruz: Desal timeline delayed by one year
[4/21/11] Santa Cruz: Critical time for water: Debate rages over
proposed desal plant
[4/19/11] Desal project survives appeal: Ratepayer Advocates
contend cost-control measures are insufficient
[4/17/11] Australia has overinvested in desalination says
government report
[4/15/11] Proponents, opponents debate merits of desal plant
[4/14/11] Santa Cruz City Council moves ahead with
controversial desalination plant
[4/14/11] CalAm projects what water bills will look like in 2015
[4/13/11] Monterey County growers hoodwinked to favor water
project
[4/13/11] Steve Collins resigns from Monterey County Water
Resources Agency post amidst leaks of desal deal
[4/12/11] Less water means more money for desalination
industry
[4/12/11] Conservationists Fight Back Against Seawater
Desalination
[4/11/11] Santa Cruz: Water activists ready for desal debate
[4/9/11] Marin MWD wins but desalination EIR challenge looms
[4/9/11] Monterey water official denies conflict Agency head
helped firm that won desal contract
[4/9/11] Santa Cruz: New diversion in water battle
[4/9/11] Judge rules in favor of Marin desal effort, but another
legal battle looms
[4/9/11] A fresh take on sea-level rise: NY Times Blog
[4/8/11] Marin: Desal EIR heads to court
[4/6/11] No guarantees for Carlsbad desal plant
[4/6/11] Poseidon, agencies waiting on San Diego agreement
[4/6/11] Santa Cruz City Council moves closer to desal plant
[4/6/11] Desal plant debacle for builder (AUS)
[4/5/11] Hermasillo desalination plan rejected
[4/5/11] From wastewater to drinking water
[4/5/11] Santa Cruz: Fish protection plan has implications for
desal
[4/5/11] Council approves continued talks to protect fish: Desal
opponents urge greater conservation
[4/3/11] Water supply report predicts trouble in dry years:
Commission in Santa Cruz consider new assessment
[4/2/11] Desal project a reel concern for Mark (AUS)
[4/1/11] Reclamation completes pilot run of Yuma Desalting
Plant
[3/31/11] Palm Coast, FL mayor says desal plant in peril
[3/31/11] Desal plant standby to save $10M (AUS)
[3/30/11] Monterey County plans independent analysis of
desal financing
[3/30/11] Intelligent use of water: Is Australia's model the one
to follow?
[3/30/11] Failed desal deal costs millions (AUS)
[3/30/11] Santa Cruz: Conservation plan could cost city nearly
fifth of supply; Feds urge desal to protect fish
[3/28/11] Florida lab wraps up red-tide research project
[3/28/11] Billions down the drain in Kafkaesque desal
nightmare (AUS)
[3/27/11] San Diego County Water Authority delays more
projects to save money
[3/25/11] CalAm wants to go back on desal ratepayer
agreement
[3/23/11] Monterey: Desal plan can dip into some credit
[3/23/11] Water supply - or management - crisis? The right
question will drive the right solution.
[3/23/11] Santa Cruz: Desalination survey in
[3/22/11] Opaque Marina Coast Water District wants to stay
that way
[3/17/11] Monterey regional desal plant's funding held up by
risk factors
[3/17/11] Carlsbad: Desal plant deal close, say Carlsbad,
water authority
[3/15/11] The Coquina Coast Desalination Plant: Getting the
Facts Straight
[3/14/11] City commission approves Santa Cruz seawater
desalination program
[3/12/11] Toxin found in dead sardines in Redondo Beach
[3/8/11] Huge lack of water in CA means big business for
desalination industry and their lobbyist
[3/7/11} Desal on list of approved SC water projects: Plant
construction costs now estimated at $99M, up 40 percent
[3/6/11] Coastal cities prepare for rising sea levels
[3/3/11] Conservationists push back against desal in CA
[3/3/11] The expensive cost of cheap water (GREECE)
[3/2/11] Coastal permit process advances; Marina lets
commission take lead
[3/5/11] Desal's $24b lesson still not learnt (AUS)
[3/1/11] Victorian desalination plant a $20bn drain on
taxpayers (AUS)
[3/1/11] Victorians stuck with desal plant (AUS)
[2/28/11] Melburnians face rocketing water bills to pay for
desalination plant (AUS)
[2/27/11] Legal issues halt test well work on Monterey County
desalination project
[2/25/11] Letters: How will CalAm rate hike affect us?
[2/24/11] Camp Pendleton desal project part of conference
presentation
[2/23/11] Santa Cruz City Council OKs desal consultant work
[2/21/11] Council to weigh more desal planning; Opponents
urge end for consultant on controversial project
[2/17/11] Moss Landing power plant prepares for new rules on
water use
[2/15/11] Can rainwater capture help quench California's thirst?
[2/12/11] Money woes threaten Adelaide's desal plant (AUS)
[2/11/11] Desalination company gets habitat plan approved
[2/10/11] Monterey County spends millions on regional desal
project
[2/10/11] Editorial: Concrete figures needed for desal plan
[2/10/11] Carlsbad desal mitigation plan for wildlife approved
[2/9/11] Flood blamed on desal pipe (AUS)
[2/8/11] Baja California to launch US$33m desalination plant
tender by end of February
[2/8/11] Flood victims seek action from desal plant firms (AUS)
[2/3/11] Debbie Cook: Desalination, at what cost?
[2/3/11] Impacts of desalination plants on marine life to be
revealed by new study (AUS)
[2/2/11] LAFCO approved policy requiring water sources be
ID'd for all future developments
[1/31/11] After food protests, water riots are next
[1/31/11] Conserve water for a greener future (UAE)
[1/31/11] Yemen needs urgent private sector investment in
desalination
[1/28/11] LAFCO to weigh new water supply policy
[1/27/11] San Diego County Water agency delays projects
worth $82 million
[1/26/11] Congressman McNerney reintroduces bill to spur
innovative water projects: reuse, reclamation, conservation
and recycling
[1/26/11] Experts discuss San Diego region's water supply
[1/26/11] Plan would halt Monterey Peninsula water hookups
[1/25/11] China's demand for desalination lags
[1/24/11] Can the sea solve China's water crisis?
[1/23/11] Changing climate means changing ocean
[1/23/11] Why the city should shelve desal plan
[1/23/11] Mekorot accuses rivals of obstructing desalination
plant (ISRAEL)
[1/22/11] Will desal be worth its salt? (AUS)
[1/21/11] Water down the drain:SoCal squanders badly
needed rainwater, but there are solutions
[1/19/11] PART 3: Desalination: Focus on affordable solutions
[1/19/11] PART 2: Desalination - Yesterday's Solution: Exhume
the Dead
[1/19/11] PART 1: Desalination: Unlocking Answers from
Yesterday's Solution
[1/19/11] Innovation in managing water
[1/17/11] San Diego Environmental Groups Outline Key Issues
in 2011
[1/17/11] San Diego: Irvine Co. cuts water use at local offices
[1/16/11] In Ventura, a retreat in the face of a rising sea
[1/12/11] Monterey County gives green light to desal plant
[1/12/11] Water woes blamed on 'power spikes' (British Isles)
[1/12/11] Monterey County supervisors OK desal project
{1/11/11} Ratepayer group challenges Monterey desalination
approval
[1/11/11] Slate: Desalination - how eco-friendly is it?
[1/10/11] Thirsty cities looking to shores for fresh water
[1/7/11] Desalination plant's approval appealed
[1/6/11] Desal Plant reopens under flood of criticism from local
lawmaker
[1/3/11] Carlsbad desal project faces big tests in 2011
[1/1/11] Marin Voice: Voters demand say in desalination plans
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