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Claude "Bud" Lewis Carlsbad Desalination Facility Recieves Prestigious Grand Award in Engineering
Facility. The award was presented at ACEC’s 50th Anniversary Engineering Excellence Awards Gala on April 25 in Washington, D.C. Poseidon CEO, Carlos Riva was there to accept the prestigious award, alongside representatives from Arcadis, the design and engineering consultant on ...
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Environmental FAQs
Did construction of the facility have any negative environmental impact?
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DBIA Announces 2016 Design-Build Project of the Year
facility in the Western Hemisphere, with average production of 50 MGD of fresh, high-quality drinking water. Owned by Poseidon Water and completed by the design-build team of Kiewit Shea Desalination with Arcadis, IDE Technologies and Tetra Tech, it is a harbinger of a new era in ...
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Carlsbad, CA 92008 Get directions Phone: 760-655-3900 Fax: 760-655-3901 Take a Free Facility Tour Join our mailing list
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New Permit Fosters Sustainable Water Production at Carlsbad Desalination Plant
Facility advances local, statewide efforts to achieve climate-resilient water supplies San Diego regional water quality regulators today issued a permit for the installation of new, technologically advanced and environmentally sensitive seawater intake and discharge facilities at ...
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Construction Team
along with other Southern California projects such as Bakersfield Wastewater Treatment Plant, South Bay Water Reclamation Plant, and a P1-102 Activated Sludge Treatment Facility. J.F. Shea J. F. Shea is a California-based construction company whose experience ...
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Construction Work in Carlsbad Coming Soon
to begin in Carlsbad in June. Pipeline work began in San Marcos at the San Diego County Water Authority’s Second Aqueduct connection facility and will travel through San Marcos, Vista and Carlsbad to connect to the desalination plant located in Carlsbad, west of Interstate ...
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Poseidon proposes wetlands project in San Diego Bay
an area once covered by farms and salt flats, Poseidon aims to compensate for marine life harmed by its proposed desalination plant. That facility would take in 100 million gallons of seawater per day, use reverse osmosis to generate 50 million gallons of highly purified drinking ...
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Pipeline Overview
the seawater desalination plant through Carlsbad, Vista and San Marcos to the San Diego County Water Authority’s Second Aqueduct connection facility in San Marcos. Construction on the desalination plant began in late 2012, while construction on the pipeline began in spring ...
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What We Do
the seawater desalination plant through Carlsbad, Vista and San Marcos to the San Diego County Water Authority’s Second Aqueduct connection facility in San Marcos. Construction on the desalination plant began in late 2012, while construction on the pipeline began in spring ...
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State's Biggest Desal Plant to Open: What It Means
desalination facility. 2012:San Diego County Water Authority approves a 30-year water purchase agreement with Poseidon. Financing for the project closes in December. Also, the final pieces of litigation against the project are resolved. 2013:Construction begins on the ...
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Desal Plant
A big project for a big need - fresh water for a thirsty California Carlsbad Desal Plant - Construction work The Carlsbad Desalination Plant is located on industrially zoned land adjacent to the Encina Power Station in Carlsbad. Poseidon Water has obtained all required ...
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Process FAQs
Questions about how the plant works. What is seawater desalination? It is a process that turns ocean water into fresh drinking water by removing salt and impurities. The process involves either reverse osmosis ...
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Desal plant operator assumes maintenance of Carlsbad lagoon
The facility began production using seawater drawn from the power plant’s cooling system, and added a temporary intake system when the power plant closed. The new, stand-alone intakes will have smaller screens to reduce the number of fish drawn into the system and provide greater ...
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Credit Analysis Affirms Carlsbad Desalination Plant is Financially Strong
million gallons per day to 60 million gallons per day. The Carlsbad facility has received numerous national and international awards since Poseidon and the Water Authority opened the plant as a public-private partnership (P3) in December 2015 (www.carlsbaddesal.com/uploads/1/0/0/4/100463770/carlsbad_awards.pdf).
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Poseidon Resources’ Carlsbad Desalination Project Reaches Financing Milestone
and half-year construction and start up, the project will create 2,100 jobs and approximately $200 million in economic stimulus. The facility is scheduled to be operational in 2012. Poseidon Resources specializes in developing and financing water infrastructure projects, primarily ...
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Poseidon’s Peter MacLaggan Named ‘Top 25 Newsmaker
facility in Carlsbad, California began regular production in mid-December 2015 and is the largest, most technologically advanced and energy-efficient desalination plant in the nation. Poseidon is also currently awaiting a permit approval from the California Coastal Commission to ...
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Poseidon Water Named Energy Champion by SDG&E;
Desalination Facility FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Jessica Jones (760) 655-3998 Download a PDF Carlsbad, CA (July 11, 2016) - San Diego Gas & Electric (SDG&E) named Poseidon Water an “Energy Champion” for 2016. Poseidon was selected as the Water Energy ...
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Largest U.S. Project Financing Deal of 2012
began site work last month on the Carlsbad desalination plant, the largest of its kind in the Western Hemisphere. When completed in 2016, the facility 33 miles (53 kilometers) north of San Diego each day will create 54 million gallons of drinking water after drawing it from the salty ...
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LOCAL VIEW: Enough is enough with desalination lawsuits
facility and every court petitioned to overturn the approvals has declined to do so. A recent public opinion survey conducted by the San Diego County Water Authority showed that a whopping nine out of 10 county residents support seawater desalination, and every state and federal ...
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Commentary: Why San Diego’s desalination project should be replicated
facility in Carlsbad which has since produced over 22 billion gallons of high-quality, drought-proof drinking water for San Diego County. As a United States senator, much of my work included finding innovative solutions to address climate change which would reduce Californian’s pain ...