August 25, 2022
Trickle DownTo understand the “tension” between the citizens of Marina/Peninsula and Cal Am, I wish to restate the facts of the California Coastal Commission’s recommendation for denial of the Cal Am desalination project for the Sept 17, 2020 hearing, from which Cal Am pulled its application the day before (“Cal Am’s long embattled desalination plant proposed in Marina is very much a live wire,” posted Aug. 9).
Cal Am plans to resubmit an application soon.
Reasons for recommended denial were based on: 1) substantial impacts to environmentally sensitive habitat areas in Marina; 2) the existence of a feasible and less damaging alternative, i.e. the Pure Water Monterey recycled water expansion project; 3) significant environmental justice concerns based on the Coastal Commission’s 2019 environmental justice policy, including the multiple existing undesirable regional industrial facilities already shouldered by Marina, and the impact on Seaside of future unaffordable cost of water; and 4) the impact of sea level rise that could bury well heads on the shoreline during the life of the project. Facts matter.
Kathy Biala | Marina
Biala is a co-founder of Citizens for Just Water.
Trickle DownTo understand the “tension” between the citizens of Marina/Peninsula and Cal Am, I wish to restate the facts of the California Coastal Commission’s recommendation for denial of the Cal Am desalination project for the Sept 17, 2020 hearing, from which Cal Am pulled its application the day before (“Cal Am’s long embattled desalination plant proposed in Marina is very much a live wire,” posted Aug. 9).
Cal Am plans to resubmit an application soon.
Reasons for recommended denial were based on: 1) substantial impacts to environmentally sensitive habitat areas in Marina; 2) the existence of a feasible and less damaging alternative, i.e. the Pure Water Monterey recycled water expansion project; 3) significant environmental justice concerns based on the Coastal Commission’s 2019 environmental justice policy, including the multiple existing undesirable regional industrial facilities already shouldered by Marina, and the impact on Seaside of future unaffordable cost of water; and 4) the impact of sea level rise that could bury well heads on the shoreline during the life of the project. Facts matter.
Kathy Biala | Marina
Biala is a co-founder of Citizens for Just Water.
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CalAm's application is complete, the Coastal Commission hearing will be on Thursday, November 17, 2022 in Salinas. We will need all our supporters to attend that meeting in Salinas, or in Marina (livestream), or via Zoom to make our voices heard!
CalAm's application is complete, the Coastal Commission hearing will be on Thursday, November 17, 2022 in Salinas. We will need all our supporters to attend that meeting in Salinas, or in Marina (livestream), or via Zoom to make our voices heard!