![]() ![]() It began supplying desalinated water in December 2015. The plant generated 2,300 jobs during the construction phase and 575 jobs during operation. Financing for the project was closed in December 2012 to clear the way for the start of construction. In January 2010, the project was allocated $530m in private activity bonds (PABs) by the California Debt Limitation Allocation Committee (CDLAC). In September 2009, the city of Carlsbad approved the desalination project with minor changes to the main plant building and pipeline network to the certified EIR.Ĭonstruction of the first phase of the Carlsbad desalination plant started in November 2009. In May 2009, the Regional Water Quality Control Board approved the plant’s construction. In 2008, the plant received approvals from the State Lands Commission and the California Coastal Commission. ![]() The water from this plant is purchased by the Carlsbad water agencies, and is supplemented with imported water from San Diego County Water Authority (SDCWA), the region’s water supplier.īidding for EPC of the project was made in February 2006 and the contract awarded in 2007. It supplies 56,000 acre-feet (approximately 2,440 cubic feet) of water a year, sufficient for 300,000 people. The plant produces 50 million gallons of desalinated seawater (MGD) a day and provide 10% of the total drinking water needed by San Diego. ![]() On the south of the plant site is the Agua Hedionda Lagoon of the Pacific Ocean. Poseidon leased a four-acre site adjacent to the existing Encina Power Station site, owned by Cabrillo Power, for 60 years for the desalination plant. The project includes a desalination plant, a pumping station, product water storage and a ten-mile finished water conveyance pipeline. The $922m project is the first large-scale desalination plant on the West Coast, privately financed and developed by the Poseidon Resources Corporation (Poseidon). The Carlsbad desalination project in San Diego County, California US, is the largest desalination plant in the western hemisphere. ![]()
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