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Seawater Desalination is the process of turning ocean water into
high quality drinking water using the same technology used to
create bottled water. The desalination facility planned for Orange
County will provide both fresh drinking water and millions in r
tax revenue to the City of Huntington Beach.
A New Drinking Water Supply
for Huntington Beach
Huntington Beach historically has relied on water imported from
hundreds of miles away for a large portion of its water supply.
Desalination offers many benefits over imported water for
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• Reliability • Affordable Water
The Pacitic Ocean is the woricl's largest reservoir. Tlie desalinated As the host city, the City of Huntington beach has the exclusive
water from this facility will be a new,locally controlled, drought- option to buy desalinated seawater at a discount when
proof source of high quality drinking water for Orange County. the desalination project comes online. Huntington Beach
residents will be paying less for the high quality, drought-proof
• Quality desalinated water supply than they would otherwise have to pay
for imported water without the project.
The system used to make this purified water is the same that
is used to purify bottled water.This higher quality water means • Jobs, Jobs, Jobs!
household appliances and manufacturing equipment can
operate more efficiently and last longer. This project will create more than 2,100 jobs and infuse over
$500 million in the local economy during construction of the
• Protecting the Coastal Environment facility on the industrial site located on the back property of the
AES power plant.
The project has received environmental approvals from the City
of Huntington Beach, the California State Lands Commission • Financial Benefits to City Taxpayers
and Santa Ana Regional Water Quality Control Board ensuring
that the project can be built and operated with no significant Over the 30-year life of the project the City and its taxpayers
impacts to public resources, ocean water quality and the marine will benefit from over$125 million in savings on its water supply,
environment. avoided infrastructure costs and new revenue including more
than$8 million that Poseidon must pay to the City before the
At full operation, the desalination desalination plant can begin operations.
plant may impact up to one
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receive 50 million gallons
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POSTAGE WILL BE PAID BY ADDRESSEE
of Orange County s ,
water supply needs. POSEIDON RESOURCES
17011 BEACH BLVD STE 900
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desalination facility and 'City of Huntington Beach Entitlement
10 million gallon emergency and Plan Amendment 10-001,approved
water tank for HB residents. September 2010 i
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