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A Small Town Fights Power, Profit and a Big Corporation’s (CalAm) Plan to Drill for Groundwater
About A Small Town Fights Power, Profit and a Big Corporation’s (CalAm) Plan to Drill for Groundwater
Tuesday, September 8, 2020, 6:00pm to 7:00pm PT, Online via Zoom
All details on the web--go.miis.edu/sustainability.
A Small Town Fights Power, Profit and a Big Corporation’s (CalAm) Plan to Drill for Groundwater. Cal Am, a private for-profit water corporation, has proposed a desalination plant that would be located in the City of Marina - the plan would use slant wells to draw brackish (salt) water, and also tap into significant fresh groundwater sources that Marina residents rely upon for 100% of their drinking water. In this talk, the Honorable Bruce Delgado, Mayor of the City of Marina, will tell the near-complete story of California American Water’s attempts to install extraction water wells outside its service area without water rights. California Coastal Commission staff reports agree with the City of Marina that there is a cheaper, more environmentally-friendly, and legally easier alternative for recycled water instead of desalinated ground water under Marina’s city limits.
Center for the Blue Economy Speaker Series, Middlebury Inst. of Intl. Studies. Free, open to public, no registration required.
For questions, contact Rachel C., Center for the Blue Economy, [email protected], (831) 647-4183 (leave message to receive call back).
All details on the web--go.miis.edu/sustainability.
A Small Town Fights Power, Profit and a Big Corporation’s (CalAm) Plan to Drill for Groundwater. Cal Am, a private for-profit water corporation, has proposed a desalination plant that would be located in the City of Marina - the plan would use slant wells to draw brackish (salt) water, and also tap into significant fresh groundwater sources that Marina residents rely upon for 100% of their drinking water. In this talk, the Honorable Bruce Delgado, Mayor of the City of Marina, will tell the near-complete story of California American Water’s attempts to install extraction water wells outside its service area without water rights. California Coastal Commission staff reports agree with the City of Marina that there is a cheaper, more environmentally-friendly, and legally easier alternative for recycled water instead of desalinated ground water under Marina’s city limits.
Center for the Blue Economy Speaker Series, Middlebury Inst. of Intl. Studies. Free, open to public, no registration required.
For questions, contact Rachel C., Center for the Blue Economy, [email protected], (831) 647-4183 (leave message to receive call back).
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