With the successful completion of the $1-billion seawater desalination plant in Carlsbad, Calif., the project’s developer is moving forward with plans to build a second plant at Huntington Beach.
Water began running through the 54-million-gallon-a-day Carlsbad desalination plant in December, and the plant has been running smoothly since then, according to Bob Yamada, the San Diego County Water Authority’s (SDCWA) water-resources director. The water will provide 10% of the water supply to local residents and is part of the authority’s strategy to diversity the region’s water-supply portfolio.